Exclusive: Sources close to Brexit talks say collapse in number coming to UK has sunk case for earlier date on protected rightsBritain has quietly conceded that EU27 nationals coming to the country at any point before Brexit day in 2019 will absorb their rights protected,after a collapse in the number of workers coming to the country blew apart any argument for an earlier carve-off date, according to EU sources close to the negotiations.
Downing Street had been keeping open the possibility that it would offer fewer rights to those arriving after 29 March this year, and the date on which the prime minister formally notified Brussels of Britain’s intention to leave the EU. It had been claimed that setting the carve-off date on Brexit day in 2019 would open the UK to a flood of EU27 citizens seeking to enter before Britain left the bloc.
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Source: guardian.co.uk