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While they aren't part of Schengen, they are part of European Economic Area which requires free movement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Area
by peterhunt 10y ago
While they aren't part of Schengen, they are part of European Economic Area which requires free movement.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Area
- kaspar_houser 10y agoRight on!
- nazgob 10y agoDon't they intend to stay in there and have similar deal like Norway? Norway had to accept free movement.
- esharte 10y agoNo one knows. That is where the instability comes in. That is why there is an effect on the price of the British pound, markets etc.
- spriggan3 10y agoI think Switzerland put some limitations to free movement recently. The EU retaliated by removing access to student programs like ERASMUS for Swiss citizens. A nasty story.
- nazgob 10y agoIf this is true, it's quite counter-productive. It's in EU interest to send as much people as possible on Erasmus and be pro-EU. Banning will backfire on the long run. I hope some kind of solution for UK students can be forged. Majority of young ppl in UK voted remain, is would be terrible to punish them.
- UVB-76 10y agoIn all likelihood the UK will retain access to the single market through membership of the EEA and EFTA. This does mean the UK will have to continue allowing free movement. That said, members of the EEA have the power (under Article 112 of the EEA Agreement) to place an "emergency brake" on free movement if "serious economic, societal or environmental difficulties" liable to persist are arising. Although much of the leave vote was driven by opposition to uncontrolled migration, and continued participation in the single market will be seen by many as backtracking on this, this power (which the UK does not currently have as an EU member state) should be a sufficient degree of control for most.