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The British Government has announced that freedom of movement between the United Kingdom and the European Union will end on October 31 if there is finally no agreement for Brexit. The Interior Ministry, which fears the possibility of a new scandal related to unjustified deportations, had recommended that the Boris Johnson Executive allow Europeans to enter until 2021 in order to have time to prepare the new immigration system .

Downing Street, meanwhile, said this morning through a spokeswoman that " freedom of movement as we understand it now will end on October 31 when the United Kingdom leaves the EU." Until now, the position that the government had transferred was the same one that the former Prime Minister, Theresa May had transmitted, that had promised to allow Europeans to enter until December 31, 2020 as part of the transition period.

With its agreement rejected three times by the British Parliament and with the increasingly close possibility of an unnegotiated Brexit, the new deadline seems to be that of Halloween night of the same year , although there could be more developments in this regard during this week. "For example, we will immediately introduce much stricter criteria about the criminal record of those who want to enter the United Kingdom. The details of any other changes we are going to make as of October 31 about the new immigration system are in development The prime minister has been quite clear with the fact that he wants to implement a point-based system similar to the Australian, "said the government spokeswoman.

The problem, as transferred by the Ministry of Interior to the Government in a meeting last week on the no deal , is that it would be practically impossible to differentiate those Europeans who had arrived before or after the departure date , since at having so little preparation time there is a "real possibility" that many mistakes are made in the form of unjustified deportations. In addition, from the Home Office they pointed out according to The Times that limiting the arrival of Europeans gradually from 2021 as planned by May would grant the "maximum certainty" possible to European companies and citizens.

"Ending the freedom of movement without establishing emergency legal measures for those European citizens who have not yet requested settlement status will mean that millions of people with legal rights to reside in the country lose it overnight," he said. denounced the group for the defense of the3million Europeans. " We have requested that the status of all EU citizens who have decided to make the United Kingdom their home, as promised by the Government, be automatically guaranteed status . Otherwise this opens the door to mass discrimination in an environment regime hostile, since companies, landlords, banks or the National Health System cannot distinguish between those who have the right to live and work in the country from those who do not . "

Johnson has refused to introduce a limit to the number of European immigrants that arrive each year, but, with the possibility that a motion of censure against him will prevail in the first days of September, the conservative leader is already immersed in an election campaign he wants base, from inside doors, on three pillars: immigration, health and fight against crime .

In fact, the only thing that could be preventing the Government from trying to approve its new immigration system to enter into force once the European Union is abandoned is the fear that exists among its defenders that it is used by the rebel parliamentary group to Stop the exit without agreement. For that reason, the Minister of the Interior, Priti Patel, would be considering the possibility of passing it as a secondary legislation to avoid having to put it to a vote in the House of Commons , although doing so would reinforce the tension that exists against the Executive for trying skip parliamentary control.

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