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Jeremy Corbyn to allow all EU migrants to bring their families to the UK if he becomes PM
JEREMY Corbyn has said he will give EU migrants the right to bring their families to the UK if he becomes PM.
The Labour boss indicated today his party's manifesto will give EU nationals who have made the UK their home the right to bring their family over too - no matter what they earn.
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The Government currently requires anyone who wants to bring a spouse from outside of the EU to be earning at least £18,600 a year, and more if they have kids.
And parents and children have a specific set of rules to follow if they want to join their family in the UK.
But Mr Corbyn said today he would give the "right of family reunion" if he gets to No10.
The leftie boss said the income levels required were "artificial" and he agreed with the principles of extending freedom of movement.
He told the BBC: "A lot of EU nationals have made their homes in this society.
"Many families have been through unbelievable levels of stress.
"They must have the right to remain and bring their families here."
Mr Corbyn said there would be a "great deal" of free movement after Brexit too.
It comes as:
- Boris said all of his Tory candidates have vowed to vote for his Brexit deal if he wins a majority
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His words come after Labour's Diane Abbott said earlier this week: "The Labour Party is committed to maintaining & extending Freedom of Movement rights.
"The Tories break up families by barring spouses of British citizens, via an income requirement. Labour will scrap it, and extend Freedom of Movement rights to all those legally entitled to be here."
It came as the leftie boss refused five times to say whether he would personally vote to Leave or Remain in the EU.
The party will renegotiate Brexit in just three months if they get into power, and will then have a second referendum.
Labour will only decide how to campaign afterwards.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said today: “Once again, Jeremy Corbyn has shown that he isn’t on the side of the British people and doesn’t have a clear plan for Britain.
"He refused to be straight with people on Brexit. He refused to be straight with people on immigration. And he started negotiating coalition terms with Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP live on air.
"Jeremy Corbyn can’t offer the decisive leadership this country needs – he offers only dither and delay and the chaos of two more referendums next year."
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Tories vow to reduce immigration after Brexit
THE TORY immigration minister has vowed that the party will cut the numbers of people coming to Britain if they win the election.
It comes as they launched a crackdown on benefits for migrants - meaning they will be unable to claim unless they've been here for five years.
And people coming from the EU will have to pay a surcharge when they come to use the NHS services.
Security Minister Brandon Lewis told ‘Sophy Ridge on Sunday’: "We will reduce immigration because when we leave the European Union we will then pass an Immigration Act that brings in a points based system.
"We are also outlining today that we are going to also restrict benefits so that when people come over from the European Union they will have to wait like everybody else, a fair and equal system, with the entire world and wait five years before they can get access to benefits so it is a much fairer system for everybody, both the British taxpayer but also with people equally fairly around the world...
"A Conservative government with this system will bring immigration down."
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Labour 's bitter war over immigration has been being thrashed out this week ahead of the party's manifesto launch on Thursday.
Ms Abbott insisted the party would extend its open door pledge, but other allies of Mr Corbyn urged him to curb immigration instead.
Last week Mr Corbyn declared their policy would be "based on fairness and justice" and on the economic needs of society.
He's refused several times to say whether immigration should be higher or lower.
Unite boss Len McCluskey called a vote by left-wing activists at Labour’s conference in September to widen free movement rules as “wrong”.
Home Secretary Priti Patel has warned that extending free movement worldwide could allow jihadi terrorists stripped of citizenship back into Britain to rejoin their families.
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