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'..adopting the Norway model after Brexit..'

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'..in certain circumstances would be available as the EEA allows members to suspend free movement..'

'It is clear that a Norway-style model would make this impossible, but some of those advocating the option (under the banner “Common Market 2.0”), including the Tory MP Robert Halfon and Labour’s Lucy Powell, suggest it could nonetheless gain widespread public support.

On immigration specifically they claim new controls over free movement in certain circumstances would be available as the EEA allows members to suspend free movement if a country can demonstrate it is experiencing “serious economic, societal or environmental difficulties”. '

- Ashley Cowburn, '..adopting the Norway model after Brexit..', January 10, 2019