Foreign criminals sentenced to more than a year in jail will be banned from Britain under new immigration rules.
Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, will on Monday set out details of the points-based system which will replace freedom of movement from January 1.
The 130-page document will abolish the route into the UK for unskilled migrants and instead award points to applicants if they have skilled job offers, speak English and meet minimum salary thresholds.
The new system will mean that EU citizens, including criminals, will be treated in the same way as migrants from the rest of the world with businesses expected to do more to recruit British workers and end their reliance on cheap foreign labour.
And it will give the Government powers to exclude or deport any foreign criminal who has received a prison sentence of more than a year.
Border Force and immigration officials will also be able to bar foreign migrants found guilty of serious harm even if they have been sentenced to less than a year in jail as well as persistent offenders such as prolific thieves, burglars and pickpockets.
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