The UK could, if they wanted, issue 2004/38/EC permits to family-members of UK citizens, irrespective of weather they excercised treaty-rights elsewhere. (Belgium does)
The UK could also stop the
illegal practice of
not recognising above permits issued by other EU-countries for
visits to the UK.
The UK could also negotiate a seperate UK-Schengen agreement which could mutually recognise valid residence-permits of any kind for visits (only).
Wanderer wrote:You can understand why as well, after watching UK Border Force over the last few weeks, the entire population of the now-gone 'Jungle' would be in the UK in a jiffy if border controls were lifted.
meats wrote:So would a lot more too. Instead of settling in places like Italy, Spain etc they'd be over here in a flash.
In the scenarios I described above, none of this could/would have happened, as the UK would keep their border-checkpoints, and only 2004/38/EC-documented people would be allowed to cross. All these people are tracable through the
SIS, to which the UK has access.
But the UK prefers to make a drama rather than finding practical solutions.
The UK does not want to integrate any further, instead they drift (not steer) towards anglophile countries:
For example: Some nationals need a transit-visa for the UK (understandable). However,
"A transit passenger is not required to hold a transit visa if he holds (...) a valid visa for entry to Australia, Canada, New Zealand or the United States of America and a valid airline ticket for travel via the United Kingdom as part of a journey...", no mention of the European Union.
Why can people with (only)
visas for above countries transit the UK, while EU-
residence-permit-holders cannot?
Example: I met a Nigerian citizen in the UK-embassy in Dublin (properly documented permanent Irish resident) who wanted to get a DirectAirsideTransit-visa for travel to Nigeria (Dublin - London - Nigeria - London - Dublin). Now, what´s the sense of thoroughly checking her papers? If she wanted to go to the UK "illegally", she´d just have to take a flight, hop on a boat or simply drive north via the unmanned border. She´d be there in less time than it takes to pass the Q at the embassy.
But this poor lady learned that, now that she wants to be law-abiding, she has to bring a (unbelievably huge) bunch of papers, and will have to wait a few weeks before a "decision" is taken.
What´s the point, especially from Dublin, I wonder?
Isn´t it time the UK officially applies to become the 51st state of the United States, or maybe apply to become a territory of Canada, Australia or NZ?
No matter what, it´s definetely time for the UK to leave the EU...
