John2290 said:
I live in Ireland, I can go almost anywhere in Europe without a visa, stay work and return home anytime I want. Same goes for people on the continent coming here, they've already taken advantage of it since '03 and returned home, mainly Polish people but plenty from the country around that area. That's pretty damn open to me and migrants, both economic and Asylum seekers were and have been placed here from all over the world, not just the EU in the last 20 years. If mainland European countries are more open than Ireland, I can't imagine it. |
The difference is, you have to pass border control every single time you enter the Schengen area. Only then are you allowed to move freely within it (you're also profitting from it), while most EU citizen only need to do that when moving outside the Schengen area.
All I'm saying is that nothing changed. They were able to close borders and check every single individual getting into the country before and they can still do it.
While people now may not work in the UK as easily or permanently live there, they can still do it in Ireland or simply visit the UK as tourists.
