The number of architects from the EU who applied to join the Arb register last year plunged by 50%, according to the latest figures.

The Architects Registration Board received just 477 applications via the so-called “EU route” last year.

In 2019 the figure was 961, itself a brief recovery following two years of decline after the Brexit referendum. Back in 2016 the number of EU architects who applied to join the register – a requirement of working in the UK – was 1,232.

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