UK Home Secy Priti Patel wants 'to end the free movement of people once and for all'
UK interior minister, Priti Patel, said she had 'a particular responsibility when it comes to taking back control' at Britain's 'defining moment'
October 02, 2019
LONDON/MANCHESTER: The UK interior minister, Priti Patel, said Wednesday she wanted "to end the free movement of people once and for all", hinting at the anti-immigration rhetoric amid the ongoing Brexit fiasco.
Speaking at the Conservative Party’s annual conference, Patel said the British government would end the free movement and introduce a points-based immigration system once the country leaves the European Union (EU).
The UK interior minister termed her Brexit mission as a "defining moment in our country’s history" and said: "I have a particular responsibility when it comes to taking back control."
The UK government would, instead, launch "an Australian-style points-based immigration system”, she said, adding that it would be "one that works in the best interests of Britain.
"One that attracts and welcomes the brightest and the best. One that supports brilliant scientists, the finest academics and leading people in their fields.
"And one that is under the control of the British Government,” she explained excitedly, noting further that "this daughter of an immigrant needs no lectures from the North London Metropolitan liberal elite".
