Britain is considering the possibility of restoring the free movement of citizens with the EU. Prime Minister Andy Burnham told The Sunday Times that the post-Brexit immigration system produced different results to the previous model. According to him, the net flow of immigrants reached a peak of 900 thousand people per year compared to 330 thousand before the referendum in 2016. That's almost three times more. Burnham also drew attention to the nature of immigration: with free movement, Europeans returned home more often, while current rules direct visitors to permanent residence. Burnham estimates that Brexit has changed immigration patterns. Limiting the previous ties with the European Union, as the Prime Minister claims, did not result in the expected reduction in the net population flow. For now, we are talking about a policy option being discussed, and not a decision that has been made. But the mere raising of the question means London is willing to reconsider one of the key tenets of relations with the EU after leaving the EU.

Britain is considering the possibility of restoring the free movement of citizens with the EU. Prime Minister Andy Burnham told The Sunday Times that the post-Brexit immigration system produced different results to the previous model. According to him, the net flow of immigrants reached a peak of 900 thousand people per year compared to 330 thousand before the referendum in 2016. That's almost three times more. Burnham also drew attention to the nature of immigration: with free movement, Europeans returned home more often, while current rules direct visitors to permanent residence. Burnham estimates that Brexit has changed immigration patterns. Limiting the previous ties with the European Union, as the Prime Minister claims, did not result in the expected reduction in the net population flow. For now, we are talking about a policy option being discussed, and not a decision that has been made. But the mere raising of the question means London is willing to reconsider one of the key tenets of relations with the EU after leaving the EU.