HOME Secretary Theresa May has sensationally demanded that migrants are banned from the UK unless they have a job lined up.
Ms May criticised the "broken European migration system" for the current crisis in Calais and called on EU leaders to tear up freedom of movement rules which enable migrants to travel freely through Europe.
The suggestion comes after Home Office figures released last week revealed that net migration hit a staggering 330,000 last year - the worst ever recorded.
Ms May admitted the figures were "simply unsustainable" and claimed it would be wrong not to try and control migration going forward.
Writing in a column for the Sunday Times, she argued for a review of the Schengen agreement — which allows people to travel freely throughout Europe – claiming that it is being misused by migrants.
She wrote: "“When it was first enshrined, free movement meant the freedom to move to a job, not the freedom to cross borders to look for work or claim benefits.
"Yet last year, four out of 10 EU migrants, 63,000 people, came here with no definite job whatsoever.
“We must take some big decisions, face down powerful interests and reinstate the original principle underlying free movement within the EU."
UK Express
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