EU expansion - oh dear

[vetran]

Even? You say it as if bottom feeder tabloid is the FT quality newspaper.

its is pretty much a bottom feeder but the Times (Behind a paywall but linked) lead the story.

Very clear they want to issue Visa's because the EU are leaving them to flounder.

[original PM]

There is no such thing as EU citizenship. In uk they would need ILR first via DL or HP that’s a 6-10 year route and after that it’s required the previous 10 years be blemish free, and as most enter uk illegally initially and claim asylum, it’s 10 years from then.

Only on becoming a BC can you gain EU FoM rights, and we won’t be in it then

Is exactly every immigrants therefore in camps or are some moving about freely?

[Mordac]

Link / source? There's no such thing as "EU citizenship". Each EU country has it's own rules, there's no "one size fits all". Germany, for example, requires



Other countries may be less, may be more.

Sounds like an oversight, there is for just about everything else...

[Mordac]

Hardly likely to get citizenship. Only a minority of asylum seekers will be able to apply for citizenship. Most are either deported or tolerated i.e. there are difficulties sending them back so they can stay but they have less rights and they certainly can't become citizens. If the Syrian war is resolved within the next 8 years then refugees will be expected to return.

The way things are going, that sadly seems like a rather optimistic "if".