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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
I'm sure that no one is being silly in this thread.
The policy I've described is about swapping an unlawful migrant for a lawful one. Hence the agreement being nicknamed one in, one out.
There's thousands more emigrations and immigrations, lawful and unlawful taking place every day.
No one is pretending otherwise. Unlawful immigration by boat which Farage et al focus on is a very minor portion of immigration into the UK.
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Lawful? These are the actual criteria.
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ARTICLE 12
Admission Obligations of the United Kingdom
1. The United Kingdom agrees to provide a voluntary application route for entry to the United Kingdom for a Third Country National who is not a family member of an EEA national enjoying free movement under Union Law (“the relevant Third Country National”), and who meets the following criteria:
a. the relevant Third Country National is on the territory of France at the time they make their application for entry into the United Kingdom; and
b. the relevant Third Country National falls within a capped number of applications to be determined by the reciprocal nature of this Agreement.
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Boils down to, they are in France and make an application there.
If they want to come to the UK, but have relatives in the EEA, they simply won't tell anyone about them.