{"id":5121,"date":"2016-07-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/migration-policy-watch-07-07-2016\/"},"modified":"2021-12-16T12:23:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T10:23:31","slug":"migration-policy-watch-07-07-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/migration-policy-watch-07-07-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Migration Policy Watch 07-07-2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

BREXIT, FREE MOVEMENT, MIGRATION & ASYLUM POLICY<\/b><\/p>\n

Free movement within the European Economic Area has been for the United Kingdom (UK) a controversial issue since the 80\u00b4s. In consequence the UK did not join the Schengen Agreement and nowadays it implements so-called opt-out for justice and home affairs.<\/p>\n

In connection to Brexit, there are\u00a0two main lines of migration policy<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A) Free movement within the EU<\/b>: Free movement of the EU citizens (and equal access to the labour market in all EU countries) has been one of the main topics for\u00a0Vote Leave<\/i>campaign. UK has been considering range of ways how to deal with free movement and its access to the European single market, where the EU\u00a0demands<\/a>\u00a0reciprocity and\u00a0maintaining all the four freedoms<\/a>. In any case, the deal, which David Cameron had made in February this year, was cancelled as a consequence of the referendum\u2019s results.<\/p>\n

Number and increase of\u00a0<\/b>the EU citizens living in the UK<\/b><\/a>\u00a0(mostly new Member States and Member States affected by the financial crisis):<\/b><\/p>\n

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Reasons for moving to the UK in proportions (EU citizens):<\/b><\/p>\n

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From the\u00a0<\/span>remaining three candidates<\/a>\u00a0for Tory leadership and thus the seat of Prime Minister,<\/span>Michael Gove<\/a>\u00a0(in favour with Brexit) has announced, he would end free movement, introduce an Australian-style points-based system for immigration and bring numbers down.\u00a0<\/span>Theresa May<\/a>\u00a0(in favour with Bremain) intends to find open relation between access to the single market and free movement control as much as bearable. According to\u00a0<\/span>BBC<\/a>, May \u201e<\/span>has said the status of EU nationals living in the UK would form part of the forthcoming Brexit negotiations, refusing to guarantee that they will be allowed to remain, in contrast to her rivals. She has also suggested migration could rise ahead of the UK’s eventual exit from the EU but remains committed to the government’s aim of getting net migration below 100,000 a year\u201c.\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>Andrea Leadsom<\/a>\u00a0has promised to guarantee the rights of EU citizens currently living and working in the UK, but suggested new arrangements for people arriving after 23 June. She urges to get control over free movement quickly either by having a transitional arrangement since the referendum, or indeed since negotiations start.<\/span><\/p>\n

B)\u00a0Migration policy<\/a>\u00a0& Asylum policy (in context of the current migration crisis):<\/b>\u00a0When\u00a0the UK is allowed to use\u00a0the opt-out clause, it is not obliged to participate in the home affairs policies under certain conditions (as it does not take part for instance in relocation mechanisms). If the UK remained as a part of the EU, it\u00a0could take part<\/a>\u00a0in the current Dublin system opting-out its\u00a0proposed reform<\/a>. If the UK leaves\u00a0the EU, it will\u00a0not be allowed to participate in the Dublin system any more and send the secondary-moving irregular migrants or asylum-seekers back to the responsible Member State.<\/p>\n

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EUROPEAN COUNCIL SUPPORTED PARTNERSHIP FRAMEWORK WITH THIRD COUNTRIES ON MIGRATION<\/b><\/p>\n

Besides Brexit, migration was one of the main issues of the last European Council summit on 28th<\/sup>\u00a0\u2013 29th<\/sup>\u00a0June. Related to migration, Prime Ministers and heads of states reached an agreement and adopted\u00a0conclusions<\/a>\u00a0on following points:<\/p>\n