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Originally Posted by roughbeast

Because we are not in the Schengen area and because we have proper border controls we are able to stop known undesirables entering. If we invested more, not less , in border controls there would be far less illegals entering. That is a government problem, not an EU problem.

Except that we cannot apply visa requirements on any EU national, one of the first weapons in controlling who is allowed to come here. If someone arrives with an EU passport we are obliged to permit entry and with these being passed out like confetti in Germany any undesirable can come here.