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UK’s post-Brexit immigration system will not include net migration target

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FILE PHOTO: Britain's Home Secretary Sajid Javid arrives in Downing Street, London, Britain, November 20, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) – Britains interior minister Sajid Javid said the governments post-Brexit immigration plans will not include a specific target to reduce annual net migration.

The government previously had a longstanding target to reduce net migration to below 100,000 a year.

“We remain committed to our objective of bringing net migration down,” Javid told BBC Radio. “Were not abandoning any pledge. Weve committed ourselves to bringing net migration to sustainable levels.”

Reporting By Andrew MacAskill; editing by Kate Holton

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