The Guardian view on EU migration: a mutual advantage | Editorial
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The privileged access of British and EU citizens to each other's countries has a value that economic statistics cannot measure
It is impossible to imagine Brexit without debate over immigration. So it is remarkable that the final report by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), established to inform post-Brexit policy, presumes that immigration will not be covered by the UK's final deal with the EU. The report, published earlier this week, does not recommend the exclusion of migration from talks in Brussels. The MAC's working timetable meant it had to imagine a world without special access of EU and UK citizens to each other's labour markets. But that loss is not a foregone conclusion, nor is it desirable.
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