EU freedom of movement ends under UK’s new immigration rules

Controversially, the new rules will exclude thousands of low-pay care workers who traditionally head to Britain to form the backbone of staff looking after the elderly and disabled. Instead the government wants care staff to be recruited from among the British population.

Under the new system Britain’s frontiers will be closed to non-skilled workers, posing fears that Britain’s care system could find it hard to recruit staff.

Currently thousands of low-paid care workers from around the world are employed in homes caring for disabled and elderly people.

• Many Hungarian families consider returning home from UK

All applicants, both EU and non-EU citizens, will need to demonstrate that they have a job offer from an approved sponsor in Britain, that the job offer is at the required skill level, with a minimum salary of 20,480 pounds (about 25,831 U.S. dollars) a year.