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CoE, EU Draft Migrant Detention Standards
March 14, 2017
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights has announced its participation in an effort, led by committees of the Council of Europe (CoE), to establish a set of European Immigration Detention Rules setting standards for the holding of migrants across CoE countries.
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UK Officials Debate Pre-Brexit Migration Rights
March 14, 2017
The Guardian reports that British officials are debating options regarding how and when to alter the rights of citizens of EU countries to migrate to the UK prior to Brexit, including through a five-year visa for EU citizens coming to work in certain sectors of the UK economy.
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EU Trade Is Priority for UK Companies
March 14, 2017
The British Chambers of Commerce has published a report entitled Business Brexit Priorities in which it relays calls from UK businesses for the British Government to seek in its Brexit negotiations to maintain a close trading relationship with the EU and to avoid "bureaucratic" barriers to the migration of EU workers.
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National Legislators Seek Federal Europe
March 14, 2017
In preparation for an upcoming parliamentary meeting in Rome, national legislators from France, Italy, Germany, and Luxembourg have authored a letter calling for the summit, in the aftermath of the Brexit vote, to advance Europe toward "closer political integration – the Federal Union of States with broad powers."
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UK Officials Deny Dramatic Post-Brexit Migration Change
March 13, 2017
The Guardian reports that UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd and Brexit Secretary David Davis have made assurances that their government will not seek a "sudden" decrease in migration to the Britain when the country leaves the EU.
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