Britain's Immigration Bill Passes: Officially Ending Free Movement with the EU - TLDR News 

I keep a boat in a Spanish Marina, many of my British neighbours voted for Brexit. They are now blaming the EU because they are going to be restricted to when and how often they can visit. Many of these are retires used to spend the whole summer in the Mediterranean, its all finished, but they still think Spain needs them and will ignore Schengen rules or give each Brit an extended access visa. It’s unreal, why do people still believe in any benefits that Brexit can bring.

Oh no I can't go to London as easily anymore. I guess I'll have to limit my choices to Paris, Stockholm, Madrid, Rome, Amsterdam, Brussels, Berlin, Copenhagen, Dublin...

People who think getting a visa is easy have never tried getting a visa.

Most pro brexit people have never left england never left their local pub and never left their moms house.

Imagine selling the removal of rights of your own citizens as a "good thing"

From an EU employer pov: If Britians have to compete with other EU citizens for jobs (that are not in the respective country of the applicant) they will probably loose (because Visa is pain and why would you want to do that if you can get a equaly qualified person without the issue)

I love how politicians claim victory when much of the work is still left to do. If you have not developed the points-based system yet, you are just creating a new level of chaos come the new year.

As an EU migrant I have contributed to over 270 construction projects in 10 years as a Surveying Civil Engineer. Before I have established my self employed business I was working as a leaflet distributor ( £4/100 leaflets) in Croydon and shop assistant (£5/hour) and in the same shop chain later as a shop manager running a store at Oxford Circus (£6.70/hour). Now I can charge £25/h for my skills and expertise in my own field of profession. The way to get here was challenging in the more and more emotional environment working with lads who read The Sun or Daily Mail newspaper on a daily basis but when I presented my work to them they went silent. I work to tight tolerances 2mm is too much for me anyone who I worked for gave a very good review on my work. I always make sure my client is satisfied and if something has ran out from the fridge in the site office to make their morning tea I buy it on my account. A small thing but the end of the day small things also matter. I also honour the will of the people as a true democrat does but makes me sad how easily the public has been pulled using populist rhetoric. Anyone who had the understanding what Brexit meant had a vision showing a very dark and lonely future ahead. Just a "fun fact" the projects I was working on in the past 10 years over 62% of their budget has been financed using one of the EU's development schemes so after Brexit I will see much less construction projects running because they obviously have to find another source of funding for large scale transport or underground services development. So many English people have very little knowledge about how many benefits they have enjoyed while they were an EU member state. Before you ask, I was invited by one of the largest construction developer company in 2007 to come and work here and I came in the hope I will be still welcomed in 2020. I was obviously wrong. Since 2011 I have now a small family here with one child and we both working very hard to keep things afloat. Mrs is an Art Therapist helping young people with learning difficulties and she is also a Support worker and Teaching Assistant for severe disabilities. In my work I have met not a single EU migrant who just set and did nothing. Usually they were on the hardest jobs working 10 hours laying asphalt or bricks or mixing and pouring concrete. Living in small compounds sometimes together to keep the cost low coming in early don't talk back keeping their heads down. I have met really good skilled British people on site too as well as several smaller or larger Pakistani and Indian groups and felt envy how well they cooperate and work as a family does even sharing their meal at lunch time. Sorry I was so long but I wanted to share my insight as an EU migrant with two higher degrees.

"Visa is very easy to fill in" Me, a non-EU student who muiltiple times have to apply for the lengthy, costly Tier 4 visa disagree with that statement.

I think it another example of where people are more interested in slogans n soundbites than reality.

Imagine celebrating the end of free movement. Psychos

Every time I think about this I get so anxious for the future, I was hoping to move to Italy and start a business there as a British citizen, this was always a possibility as an EU citizen, now it just seems like a pipe dream.

So, low income Brits were hoping with less EU migrants their salaries would go up (offer & demand). Now the Govt have lowered the min salary for migrants because they realized that some businesses depend on low salaries staying low to avoid higher prices on Brit exports... brilliant...

For Brits in the EU like me this is heartbreaking. I've lived in Sweden nearly 7 years and contribute here by working and still pay into my UK pension. I now have a family here and we visit the UK 3 or 4 times a year. To think that the work opportunities for millions will be greatly reduced due to this new law is unbelievably cruel.

In a nutshell, we have reduced the freedom of movement options of 31 countries from 31 to 30, whilst at the same time reducing our options from 31 to 0. What a victory ... take that, Johnny Foreigner!! That showed them.

How many of those Brits living in Southern Spain voted to leave?

Last time I was this early concession speeches were still a thing

Free movement isn't a British right. It's a EU right. Brits have decided to put two fingers up at being a EU member; so, this is what happens.

As a EU citizen who gets contacted on LinkedIn from UK recruiters for jobs in the UK weekly... ever since brexit I have not even talked with them. This is why Sweden has me as an EU migrant. They get my taxes and I earn above average salary. Not to mention the IP I am helping to develop will bring so much more money for the Swedish economy! EDIT: I am not developing games... IP stands for intellectual property... could be anything in the IT sector...

If her points system had been in place when Priti's parents fled Uganda, they probably would not have qualified. Luckily for her, UK was a more welcoming place back then.

Imagine being a teen in Britian, dreaming of the opportunities your older siblings had only to have that right taken from you. I wonder how the younger generation feels.

I can't stand British people complaining about Immigrants... Your country has invaded 90% of the countries of the world (Of all countries in the world, only 22 have never been invaded by the UK). You don't get to complain about migration.

Not to play devils advocate, but the average Brit doesn't have anything against Europeans moving to the UK, rather free movement has been sold as a way to "stop the migrant boats" etc.

Note he said the UK had the power to remove EU citizens before brexit if they became a burden to the state. What he should be saying is how many were actually removed. NONE because it doesn’t quite work that way he has pitched this video. Seek the truth NOT the Brexit colouring book.

I would be laughing if I didn’t live here.

Their celebrations of removals of this amazing freedom is just grim. Born and raised in London, but I’ve always had an Irish passport thankfully. My EU passport will remain a prized possession.

"Just fill out a form and get it done" Spoken like people who've never navigated a difficult immigration system

Citizens of 32 countries previously enjoyed free movement between 32 countries. 31 countries will now enjoy free movement between 31 countries. One country will now enjoy free movement between zero countries. Priti Patel thinks you should celebrate being that country.

Having married a US citizen, spending over £10k and five years to be able to live together in the UK, it never failed to frustrate me how ill informed so many people were about immigration and VISA processes. If it was such a big issue for so many people, why didn't they do research beyond just the first half of the Daily Mail?

As someone trying to move to the uk the immigration website is so vague and pretty useless.

If you ask the average British voter how many people the UK are migrants they say 31%. But the real figure is just 13%. It seems like we've given away our own freedom for a policy that most people won't even notice.

My thoughts: Aging middle class Tories have had a panic attack because GB is undergoing the final adjustments of stepping down from global empire (Indian, African and Asian wealth is staying put rather than sloshing around the City.) Moreover, the junior partners of Wales, Scotland and N. Ireland want more power for themselves, sparking an reawakening of English identity and grievance. The Tories sold the English a transparently false bill of goods based on fear and nostalgia. Now, instead of letting the English reconsider, your government is relentlessly demolishing the relationship that heretofore kept you relevant and prosperous. What I don't get: How can ordinary people, including Brexiteers, not see the looming hardship ahead and the gross incompetence of Tory leadership? Now, apply this formula to the USA almost exactly. We just Truxited our worst presidency ever. Time to Bojoxit, UK, before Scotland is gone.

"We did it, Patrick! We saved Britain!"

As a Canadian, let's make Canzuk a thing already. Lol

I hope Scotland will get out of this bs

Imagine being able to go and live and work in the Alps, beaches of Spain, islands of Greece without any question, but happily giving that up after being sold a lie. Absolutely tragic.

This is a very sad day.

As a UK Citizen who has a girlfriend living in the Netherlands. I had plans to move there in a couple of years. This is a really sad day as now I have no idea what will happen and if I will be able to live there.

Would Priti Patel's parents have entered the UK on a merit points based system?

Can't wait for flood of videos of Brits waiting in ALL PASSPORTS line at the airport complaining about how EU treats them. 😭😂

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Good riddance! The UK (no offense to my British friends), was more of a nagging old lady in the EU always complaining and muttering. Glad they're out of the EU! My compliments and respects to those who voted to remain in the EU. I mean no harm nor offense to you who voted to remain. I wish you well and hope that all of you would apply for EU citizenship so as to continue having access to the EU's benefits of freedom of movement.

HELL YEAH! Less freedom! Wait...

Here I am just wondering why can't Boris just comb his hair..........

I think isolationism is a detriment for any nation- be it Britain, the US, or China

The UK seems more and more irrelevant as time goes by..

"Pretty easy" is miles from "can enter with ID". Say goodbye to your tourism sector, UK.

The purpose of the bill is not to decrease migration, but to strictly take back the legislative control in order to exercise the law if the net migration levels sky rocket. The conservatives simply just want to take back the remote

Imagine being stuck on a island with so many Jeremy Kyle people!

Back in 1999, I was lucky enough to travel through Europe, backpacking on my British EU passport. It meant that I could walk straight through immigration checks and had no problem queuing. The group of people I was travelling with, were from South Africa. First, they had to pay for their visas and I didn't. At every border check, they were stopped or had to queue. This sometimes took up to an hour. Now, that is gone. Poor kids of today, will never get that privilege. Nice one Tory's.

You mentioned the impact for Brits wanting to live and / or work in Europe... and its going to be way more difficult. How about a video on that? If I want to retire to Spain, or sell my product/product in Germany, or deliver my service in Denmark, what am I going to have to do? Today we just walk through the EU lane at the edge of the Schengen zone, and we're done. From what I know right now it will be easier for Canadians, under the Canadian European Trade Agreement (CETA) to enter the EU to sell products/services and deliver services than it will be for Brits. Can you do a video about this? Or don't we know yet how its going to work?

Me: looks at Boris closing the wrong gate while the horses gallop around the field.

Cool. My British friends in Stuttgart have already received letters months ago to register themselves at town-hall and apply for a residence permit. In cities like Berlin, you don't even get appointment for 6 months to apply a RP and give your bio-metrics. They are going to have a good time ;)

Thousands of brits work in the live music industry. Touring across Europe is a huge sauce of income for many musicians and touring professionals. This bill is going to make it alot more difficult for us to travel and work.

Talking about taking a step back into time!

Funny how someone named Priti Patel has something - anything - to say about immigration and that it should be restricted more.

I don’t know where you got your figure from saying most people have no objection to free movement. Most people voted to end free movement by voting Tory in the Last election.

News flash- low skilled workers don’t make £20:000 in the UK.

Just got my EU residency in Portugal by flying there and signing a single piece of paper. Now I keep my EU access. Screw Brexit.

I'm an EFL teacher from the US, and my options for working as an English teacher in Europe were always limited by the fact that most countries gave extreme preference to EU residents when hiring teachers. When the idea of Brexit was first discussed, my IMMEDIATE thought was, "If this passes, it will be easier for me to work in France." Now UK citizens are on equal footing with everyone else, visa-wise, and we're all just competing with Ireland.

As a French citizen working in Belgium, I can assure you that free movement has not ended. The only change is that british people have excluded themselves. But hey, sovereign decision, isn’t it?

Surley when your bragging about ending freedoms the thought crosses you mind "are we the baddies"

Imagine being the daughter of ugandan-indian immigrants and at the same time being against immigration. The cognitive dissonance must reach record levels.

Brexiters in England "Let the deportations begin!" Brexiters in the EU "What do you mean I have to leave!"

"So this is how democracy dies, with thunderous applause." Too ashamed to admit which film I took this from, even though it's one of favourite franchises

Canada went to a points based system in 1967. Australia duplicated the Canadian system.

Wasn't it immigrants from outside the EU that everyone was complaining about? Also they didn't like asylum seekers who travelled by dinghy. They don't mention the long delays UK citizens can expect when they visit an EU country.

"We're ending free movement" what a great slogan especially taken out of context.

I'm French and was hired by a UK company earlier this year but I've been working from France during this pandemic. As it stands, despite having a high skilled job that's also in high demand in my industry, I would not be able to get a work VISA were I to immigrate next year. Even if I could, it would cost up to £10k. So I'm moving in December in the middle of a pandemic because BJ didn't want to extend the deadline, despite not having worked out a system for immigration yet.

The French are going to have so much fun with this, they will never have to see a British soccer fan again.

You already had full control of your boarders before. I commuted from Gothenburg to UK for work for many years and I had stand in line and show my passport every time of entry maybe 250 times. They had full control over me. They also got shared information about criminals in other EU countries so they could stop anyone. This is so sad and is stealing the opportunities for the younger generations in UK mainly but also youths in other countries...and complicate retired UK citizen who want to spend longer time in countries in France and Spain. The question is if this Brussels control rhetoric really true??? I think this is an old Tories rhetoric initiated by Thatcher and has it roots in British imperial mindset long gone. Maybe I am mistaken but it feel a little the a small minorities has hijacked this from a large majorities of Brits that are open-minded and warm hearted people.

All these comments about the UK is irrelevant. Meanwhile migrants are risking their lives to get here from France 😂

I moved to Spain two years ago and am so privileged to have had that freedom. I really feel for all those who are only just coming of age and will probably never have the chance to move abroad.

The world has just become a whole lot smaller for the UK.

Since when is the measurement of the economy the amount you pay in taxes? A migrant coming to the UK will pay his taxes and then send 80% of his earnings back to his or her homeland therefore depriving the UK economy. Its not just about tax paid

It bothers me that our capital city is less than 50% ethnically English.

I just wish the EU could offer EU Citizenship to people like myself with no love of this right-wing hellscape we're becoming where removing the rights of people is celebrated

It's a very weird kind of dystopia where the government shouts loud and proud about exactly how they are stripping you of your rights.

Fucccck no. Free movement was one of the best things I’ll never forget. Being a European citizen is something I won’t forget 😪

All those Brits living in Spain (or any EU country), take note, from Jan 1st you are no longer 'Ex Pats' you are now immigrants in a foreign country, you no longer have an automatic right to stay in that country.

In what world is it good to restrict travel and not Think that it will not affect commerce, business, travel, and tourism and your only gain is a handful of immigrants unable to come to the UK.

"Britain's Immigration Bill Passes: Officially Ending Free Movement with the EU " - Unless you have a dinghy. Biggest concern has to be migrants coming over illegally. As for any other country in Europe, we have no idea who they are or what their background is.

You explain complicated topics so well and in a way that makes them much easier to understand. Thank you!

Am still waiting to hear one positive of Brexit. It's been years and nobody yet has been able to give me one.

You make the mistake of assuming that Brexit is in any way linked to objective reality

So, free movement to Ireland is retained? Step 1: Move to Ireland Step 2: Get Irish citizenship after 5 years, thereby regaining EU citizenship Step 3: ???? Step 4: Profit

There is CLEAR bias in this video. When a "leaver" opinion is stated, he says "some people think...", but when stating a "remainer" opinion he states it as pure fact. Once you notice this, his bias becomes obvious.

It is easier now for an EU citizen to become an Irish resident then citizen, then move to the UK, than to get a visa

A very sad day, and it looks like the 1st of many in the coming months and years for Britain.

Alexa, how do I get Irish citizenship?

Tbf I don't think it's that bad. Correct me if I'm wrong but less migrants means more job opportunities for unemployed Britons.

The damage has already been done with freedom of movement. The U.K. is now cluttered and diluted... let’s hope this will change things back for our grandkids to enjoy.

Very sad day. Have the opportunity to live anywhere in the EU without paying for a visa getting ripped away from you is a horrible feeling. Fingers crossed Scotland joins the EU after independence and get my EU citizenship back!!!

What many people seem to willfully ignore is that, when Brexiteers said they wanted to end "free movement", what they meant was "Europeans free movement to come to Great Britain". They honestly thought it was going to be a one-way thing only, and that Britons would keep their right to roam around Europe as they pleased. And I mean "honestly" in the most straight way possible. No "cognitive dissonance" involved, hence why they are so shocked to see that what they believe has no basis on reality. Many call it "entitlement" or "stupidity", but it's more British exceptionalism. The internalised believe that British people have a cuasi-divine birthright, which nowadays it's rationalised as "we're so rich, y'all!", but it's really just a left over from the British Empire supremacism. Let's not forget it's been less than 100 years since it disappeared. Worse than that, it didn't disappear with a disaster that would humble their people and their values, so of course a lot of people, specially older people, would be influenced by it to some extend.

I move to Ireland in a few weeks. I managed to just beat the deadline and my business will be coming with me :) 3 years for full residency and I regain EU membership.

Hey, I love that you include sources in your video description. This makes it much more useful for using it for school projects where we need to list the sources.

Hey, it's the vampire lady from Spitting Image.

"EU citizens wanting to live and work in the UK". Yeah, all 2 of them by now.

As a consultant that moved from Australia to Sweden and then commuted between Stockholm and London every week for month. I am so glad I don’t do that anymore. This is crazy. At the time I had an Australian passport still and had to queue at the border control every Monday morning. Meanwhile my Portuguese colleagues could walk on through and get a taxi and sometime be in town before I was even through the border. So a specialised consultant coming into your country to help one of your biggest retailers is no longer welcome freely? Recruitment firms that look for contractors to fly into uk for their projects are going to have a hell of a time trying to convince someone to make that commute now. Now with the pandemic I guess it doesn’t matter anyway. We travel far less thank god :)

I keep hearing about Border Farce. I'm a Brit living in Austria. I drove from Eastern Austria across Germany across France to Dunkirk and the only time I was stopped and checked was by UK Border Force as I was about to get on the ferry.