If we end up adopting the Norway model after Brexit, do we get new controls over immigration?

Analysis: A ‘Norway-style’ agreement between the UK and EU is being touted by MPs in the event of the PM’s deal being voted down. Ashley Cowburn explains what this might mean for immigration

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If Theresa May’s deal is defeated in five days’ time, one of the alternative Brexit plans being floated by some MPs on both sides of the Commons is a “Norway-style” model.

Norway is not a member of the EU, but has access to the single market via the European Economic Area (EEA). Through membership of this organisation, however, the country is required to accept the EU’s four freedoms – including the free movement of people.

This would of course be inconceivable for many Brexiteers and the prime minister consistently referred to ending the free movement of people as one of her “red lines” during the negotiations.