U.K.’s Immigration Proposal Risks Harming Bid to Stop Cliff-Edge

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The draft immigration proposals for post-Brexit Britain outlined in a leaked government document would make it more difficult for the U.K. to secure a transitional period after it leaves the bloc.

The 82-page document, originally obtained by the Guardian, says “free movement will end” as soon as the U.K. leaves the European Union on March 29, 2019.