Theresa May drops biggest hint yet that EU migrants should be forced to get visas to come to Britain after Brexit
Last night the PM suggested the same system would apply to EU migrants and non-EU migrants - as a fresh report recommended the same thing today
THERESA May has dropped her biggest hint yet that EU migrants should have to apply for visas and not be allowed preferential access to the UK after Brexit.
Last night the PM suggested that the same system should apply to both EU and non EU migrants - as a fresh report recommended the same thing this morning.
This would mean they would have to secure visas to come here to live and work for extended periods of time - like others who come from around the world.
On last night's BBC Panorama documentary on inside the Brexit negotiations, Mrs May said: "The message from the British people is very simple - they don’t want a situation where they could see people coming from the European Union having automatic rights in terms of coming here...
"What we will be doing is putting forward a set of rules for people from the European Union and people from outside the European Union."
Reports have also speculated that she will address the issue in her Tory party conference speech next month in an attempt to win over Brexiteers who are unhappy with her Chequers deal.
At the moment most non-EU citizens have to apply for permits to stay more than six months in the country, and are divided into categories based on their skill set.
And there's also a cap on the number of skilled people in each category that can come to the UK every year.
A Home Office spokesperson said today: "After we leave the EU, we will take back control of our borders and put in place an immigration system that works in the interests of the whole of the UK.