I'm always entertained by how there's a big "Welcome to Scotland" sign on the A1 going north, and no corresponding "Welcome to England" sign in the other direction.
The UK has an open land border with another EU country - Ireland - and so far the Brexit campaign have been very unclear about whether this would continue and what implications that might have for ""controlling immigration"" and ""protecting borders"".
From what I know the Common Travel Area with Ireland would almost surely not be effected by a Brexit. In fact, it predates the countries' EU membership by quite a while.
>The UK has an open land border with another EU country - Ireland - and so far the Brexit campaign have been very unclear about whether this would continue
It would - see the Ireland Act 1949.
>what implications that might have for ""controlling immigration"" and ""protecting borders"".
Protip: Pay £70 and you don't have to talk to the border guards anymore.
[1]: https://www.gov.uk/registered-traveller
Try entering from Scotland.
I'm always entertained by how there's a big "Welcome to Scotland" sign on the A1 going north, and no corresponding "Welcome to England" sign in the other direction.
The UK has an open land border with another EU country - Ireland - and so far the Brexit campaign have been very unclear about whether this would continue and what implications that might have for ""controlling immigration"" and ""protecting borders"".
From what I know the Common Travel Area with Ireland would almost surely not be effected by a Brexit. In fact, it predates the countries' EU membership by quite a while.
>The UK has an open land border with another EU country - Ireland - and so far the Brexit campaign have been very unclear about whether this would continue
It would - see the Ireland Act 1949.
>what implications that might have for ""controlling immigration"" and ""protecting borders"".
That is what's ambiguous.
I just went to Europe recently (for leisure), landed twice at LHR from US and Germany with no issues whatsoever. The border folks were very friendly.
They were nice to me, but I saw them drag some blacks off a bus in France pretty forcibly.