Immigration will not be any different(?)

Hello Mr Anarchism, actually it is possible to reduce immigration by a lot - we could completely control our borders if we wished, we are an island - the problem is the very negative effects of doing so, diplomatically and economically

Grayling: access to the free market, but no strings attached.
The March hare model: this would break all the EU's rules and has never been suggested as remotely possible by anyone in Europe.
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Hello Mr Anarchism, actually it is possible to reduce immigration by a lot - we could completely control our borders if we wished, we are an island - the problem is the very negative effects of doing so, diplomatically and economically

Probably not much, no. Maybe it'll marginally drop for a couple of years, but that's it. Radically being able to reduce human migration by an order of magnitude simply isn't feasible. Travel technology is too advanced. Freedom of movement is going to increasingly be part of trade treaties, and unless we want to cut ourselves off from the world and stick heavy militarised security on the border, we're not going to be able to do anything about it.

We could be the next North Korea?

This is to the best of my knowledge:

I'm reading that many people voted leave merely due to immigration and many others still believe that we will have controlled immigration. This is a lie.

If we wish to continue to be part of the single market (and our trade will greatly suffer if we do not), the rule is that all countries part of the single market have to have free movement of people - ie. we cannot control the immigration.

We can now decide to be part of the single market, pay a large fee, and continue with no change to immigration, or pay the consequences to our trade and consequently, our economy. We will effectively end up continuing to pay large sums of money to the EU and having to follow many EU laws but just with the great position of having no control or being in discussions on these laws.

(Also, some other points about immigration:
Last year there was more immigration from outside the EU than inside. We did very little to control this.

"Controlling" immigration does not mean reducing it. The leave party have never said they plan to reduce immigration. There will just as many people, therefore just as much pressure. source: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/25/leave-campaign-rows-back-key-pledges-immigration-nhs-spending

Immigration is, and always will be, a good thing. People come here to work, prosper, and support our economy. We benefit greatly from immigrants and with the vote yesterday I feel have made them feel so unwelcome and disrespected. It is truly wrong.

Also, the freedom of movement works both ways. British nationals live, work, and travel to Europe and this will be so much harder (and I believe much more expensive) from now on if you ever wish to leave the UK - or I suppose possibly even just want to leave England after the UK is broken. Many people's jobs rely on freedom of movement - their lives will be permanently severely affected.

Finally, if it comes to sending people back who are immigrants (I don't know if the policies will be this extreme but possibly) please remember that this works both ways a swell. The people who immigrate here tend to be young, work and contribute to our economy. On the other hand, british nationals who could be made to come back to the UK tend to be older, retired, and rely on our systems instead of contributing to them. This will hardly help with the pressure that "immigrants cause".)