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Originally Posted by ianch99
Can you elaborate on this point? The whole leave campaign was founded on the proposition that we cannot control freedom of movement under any circumstances whilst a member?
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Sure, no problems. The directive which discusses the free movement of people states that free movement of labour one of the central tenets of the EU (free movement of goods, services and labour)
However, the directive also states that immigrants must be self supporting and there is a 3 month time limit after which an immigrant, if they have not found a job, can be asked to leave the country. Now, to put a bit of balance here, there is nothing to stop them just circling around and coming back but the clause is there.
In addition, any country can refuse admission based on 'public policy, public security or public health'. It's all a bit fluffy and these could be challenged but the mechanisms are there to prevent admission.
Belgium are pretty vigorous on using these rules. All EU migrants are required to register and the three month limit to find jobs is enforced. Unregistered migrants are deported.
Basically, we had the ability to 'chuck the riff raff out' but never exercised those rights