‘Cameron made lastditch prevote appeal to Merkel’

LONDON: Days before Britain’s EU referendum, former PM David Cameron made an appeal to German Chancellor Angela Merkel for limits on the free movement of people, the BBC reported on Saturday. As polls indicated immigration concerns were swaying the public towards supporting Brexit, the BBC said Cameron telephoned Merkel to ask if she was willing to issue a statement with other EU leaders agreeing to make concessions on free movement if UK voted to stay.