[Nedusa]

Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

No, I don't know what you mean.

bitontheside: The problem from a UK perspective is people using their Schengen travel capability to wander through europe, arrive in France and then sneak in to the UK. The UK can't control that easily.

We can't rule the rest of Europe. We can't make decisions on the countries that are part of the Schengen agreement.

Pulling out of the EU would make no difference when it comes to people attempting to get into the UK through the back door. Our border controls are pretty tight here and because we are an island surrounded on all sides by the ocean, breaching those borders is far more perilous than the rest of Europe. Unlike us, European borders have to rely on honesty (people entering through correct border controls) but a person who wishes to breach those borders illegally would only have to walk a little off the beaten track to get into another country.

Our house in France is right on the Italian border. I've walked into Italy many times without having to go through border controls.

Unless the rest of Europe built something equivalent to the great wall of China or Hadrians wall and man those walls day and night with guards, people will always wander across borders without a problem.

It's the front door that worries me tbh.....