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A halfway-house Brexit would let EU immigration continue unchecked

The Times

A number of widely-reported commentators argue that the UK should seek a Norway-style “halfway-house” Brexit to protect jobs and the economy.

This would involve the UK remaining in the single market as a member of the European Economic Area (EEA).

But there is a key drawback. This would leave the UK subject to the free movement of people for the indefinite future — an outcome that would be unacceptable to the majority of British people who only last month gave more than 80 per cent of their votes to parties that promised to regain control of the UK’s borders .

Reports published by Migration Watch UK today suggest that the result would be EU net migration continuing at well over 100,000 a year for the