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Will Brexit Lead to a 'Brexodus'?

The U.K. has yet to leave the European Union, but some Europeans have started leaving the U.K.
Source: Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters

When Britons voted to leave the European Union last year, they did so in part so they could have more control over European immigration into the United Kingdom—giving them the power to decide who can come live and study and in the U.K., and who can’t.

“We are not leaving the European Union only to give up control of immigration again,” Prime Minister Theresa May, whose Conservative party pledged to reduce overall immigrationto below 100,000 per year, fellow Tory lawmakers at their

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