From: Jim Carroll - PM
Date: 16 Feb 17 - 10:08 AM

"The UK employment rate has been higher than the EU average every year since 2005."
At present there are 1.2 million British people working in Europe; at least 30,000 of them are drawing unemployment benefit (one of the perks of membership that stands to be lost).
Are you seriously suggesting that the British economy can stand the strain of them having to return?

Let's take that logically (if that's possible).
Firstly, no decision has yet been made about what will happen to ex-pats in Europe, or EC citizens in UK. It may be that this will continue as at present, but with reduced ability for more people to move freely to find work (or go on the dole).
Secondly, if the system did require a wholesale relocation of workers to their home countries then, according to the figures you quote, we would receive 1.2 million people who have shown themselves willing and able to work and 30,000 people who currently claim unemployment benefit. That's an unemployment percentage of 2.5%. That should improve our employment statistics.
Unless of course you believe that all the ex-pats will be forced to return, but all the EC workers currently here will remain here.

The sky is not falling, but feel free to continue your Chicken Little impersonation.