Brexit: ‘End preferential’ access to UK for EU labour’ Two Palestinians killed in Israel strike on Gaza border

LONDON: All migration to the UK should be managed uniformly with no preferential access to European Union (EU) workers after Brexit, a new UK government commissioned report said on Tuesday.

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) report comes a day after British Prime Minister Theresa May indicated the UK was keen to move away from a dual immigration system post-brexit that discriminates between workers from the EU and those from countries like India.

The MAC had been charged with collating recommendations for a new immigration policy for once Britain has left the 28-member economic bloc next year.

"If and this is not a MAC recommendation immigration is not to be part of the negotiations with the EU and the UK is deciding its future migration system in isolation, we recommend moving to a system in which all migration is managed with no preferential access to EU citizens, concludes its report titled 'EEA (European Economic Area) Migration in the UK'.

Acknowledging the political constraints of migration as one of the factors that could sway ongoing Brexit negotiations, the report adds: "If the UK decides on its new immigration system in isolation from the negotiations about the future relationship with the EU, we do not see compelling reasons to offer a different set of rules to EEA and non-eea citizens."

"A migrant's impact depends on factors such as their skills, employment, age and use of public services, and not fundamentally on their nationality." GAZA CITY: Two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air strike on the Gaza border, the territory's Hamas-run health ministry said early Tuesday, with Israel saying they had planted a suspicious object next to the border fence.

A ministry spokesman said the bodies of two men had been taken to a hospital in southern Gaza after the 11 pm (2000 GMT) Monday strike. He did not identify them.

The Israeli army said in a statement late Monday the men were targeted after planting a device.

"Terrorists suspiciously approached the security fence in the southern Gaza Strip and placed an object adjacent to the fence. In response, an (Israeli) aircraft fired towards them," the statement said.