British PM: Immigration control must be part of EU-UK deal

In the letter, seen by New Scientist, the prime minister says that she is setting up UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), a body to oversee the UK’s research councils, in response to Nurse’s recommendations in a review published a year ago.

The Polish and British prime ministers announced they had chose to hold annual bilateral summits.

Szydlo for her part said the European Union needed to engage in some soul-searching after Brexit and make the necessary changes “to become a stronger institution”.

Mrs May added she expected to be able to guarantee the rights of Poles to remain in Britain after the country quits the bloc, and hit out at the wave of hate crime sparked by the result.

After Brexit, the situation of EU citizens living in Britain will be regulated basing on the principle of reciprocity, and will be same as the situation of British people living within the EU, Szydlo said.

Mrs May said: ‘I will seek to address the concerns of the British people about free movement, while recognising the importance of a close economic relationship between the United Kingdom and the EU.

“Hate crime of any kind detected against any community, race or religion has absolutely no place in British society”.

And this morning she was in Slovakia for talks with counterpart Robert Fico, after which she said Brexit was an opportunity for closer ties with European partners.

“We need to find a solution that addresses the concerns of the British people about free movement while getting the best possible deal on trade in goods and services”, she said.

Until Britain actually leaves the European Union, she said Poles will see no change to their rights in the U.K. In the future their rights will depend on what form of relationship London manages to negotiate with European Union leaders. She has also had meetings with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande as her government, in office for two weeks, is trying to work out how to retain as much access as possible to the European Union market while cutting immigration from the bloc.

May’s visit to Poland on Thursday wraps up a week in which she met with her counterparts from Ireland, Italy and, earlier on Thursday, Slovakia.

“Once we have left the European Union we will continue to work with our partners across Europe, indeed Brexit is an opportunity to intensify those relationships”. “We also want to get the right deal for goods and services”.