5. The real loss is opportunity.

• Young people lost the right to build careers across a continent.
• Businesses lost access to talent and markets.
• Families lost the ability to live near each other.

These were ordinary freedoms that millions quietly relied on.

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6. Some say it can never return.

But history suggests otherwise.

Countries sign mobility agreements all the time when it serves their interests.

Politics can change quickly when enough people recognise what has been lost.
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7. The first step is simply being honest about the problem.

Visas and short-stay waivers are not the same thing as freedom. They are permission systems.

Freedom of Movement is different: it allows people to build their lives across borders, subject to certain conditions.
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Indeed it opened so many opportunities for people of all ages
and was a privilege that was too easily thrown away on the Brexit bonfire of rights!
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