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**Chris** · 26-07-2016, 13:32

Ireland staying out of Schengen is their only hope of retaining the common travel area with the UK. The thing about free movement that causes trouble in the UK is not the fact that EU nationals come here without let or hindrance, it's that they can come, settle and work. I see no problem with an Eire outside Schengen (and therefore running passport checks on incomers) having an open border with the North, as EU citizens passing into Northern Ireland will no longer have the automatic right to take up a job when they arrive there (or when they cross to mainland GB and rock up anywhere else).

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Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,135	Re: Post-Brexit Thread Ireland staying out of Schengen is their only hope of retaining the common travel area with the UK. The thing about free movement that causes trouble in the UK is not the fact that EU nationals come here without let or hindrance, it's that they can come, settle and work. I see no problem with an Eire outside Schengen (and therefore running passport checks on incomers) having an open border with the North, as EU citizens passing into Northern Ireland will no longer have the automatic right to take up a job when they arrive there (or when they cross to mainland GB and rock up anywhere else).