UK Conservative "rebellion averted as immigration bill is delayed"

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3. The EU has survived freedom of movement for decades. As has the US even though some states

(California and Florida pop to mind) have been popular destinations of people moving from other states. There are ways to deal with the effects of population movement (whether to the UK and Germany or to California and Florida) without building walls (physical or legal) around them.

My impression is that the principle of the EU is 'we are all on this continent together'. The idea is not to keep your problems and your poor away from us (because history shows that they do not state within national borders forever), but to eliminate poverty and war on the continent. The concept has worked well for decades though some people naturally resist the softening of the concept of national sovereignty.