The free movement of workers between the European Union and United Kingdom will end when Britain withdraws from the union, according to British ministers.
“Free movement of labor ends when we leave the European Union in spring 2019,” immigration minister Brandon Lewis said on Thursday.
The minister also said a new immigration system would be in place by April 2019, when the UK is scheduled to leave the EU.
“Once we have left the EU, this government will apply its own immigration rules and requirements that will meet the needs of UK businesses, but also of wider society,” Interior Minister Amber Rudd said.
“I also want to reassure businesses and EU nationals that we will ensure there is no ‘cliff edge’ once we leave the bloc,” she added.
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