FINANCIAL TIMES: The British economy can ill-afford to lose foreign workers

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Many of the British voters who opted to leave the EU in last June’s referendum did so because they think immigration is too high and should be reduced. They are likely to get what they wished for, perhaps even before Britain leaves, if the tawdry use of EU citizens living in the country as “bargaining chips” causes them to exit sooner, and others never to come. It is difficult, as a matter of politics, to see any foreseeable UK government not aiming to reduce migrant numbers.