Boris Johnson urges EU workers to return to UK to help the economy

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https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/boris-johnson-wants-eu-workers-to-return-ahead-of-brexit-1-6684193

During the general election campaign Johnson criticised the numbers of EU nationals coming to live in the UK as he promoted immigration proposals which would reduce the number of “low-skilled workers” here.

He told Sky News back then: “You’ve seen quite a large number of people coming in from the whole of the EU able to treat the UK as though it’s basically part of their own country and the problem with that is there has been no control at all and I don’t think that is democratically accountable.”

Now, as the UK economy struggles, Johnson has used his latest press conference at Downing Street to call for those very EU nationals to return to help when the retail sector reopens.

Answering a question from an Italian journalist on EU nationals, he said: “What I’d say to our Italian friends, Italians who want to come back in the UK, is ‘come back’, tutti benvenuti.

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1. BoJo The Clown Seems A Bit Confused nt

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2. Oh, oops

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3. LOL!

Yeah, no.

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4. Bwahahahaha!

You really fucked up here, Boris. Nice try, though.