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> Except we already have the powers to stop this low-wage immigration. The EU allows member countries full ability to protect their borders from these immigrant
by nwellnhof 9y ago
> Except we already have the powers to stop this low-wage immigration. The EU allows member countries full ability to protect their borders from these immigrants, we just choose not to.
That's plain wrong. Every EU country must allow freedom of movement for workers from other EU states.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_movement_for_workers_in_the_European_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_movement_for_worker...
> Look at France, Germany, etc. for countries that properly enforce their borders.
Germany currently doesn't even enforce its borders for immigrants from outside of the EU. For immigrants from the EU, it is simply not allowed to just like every other EU country.
- fao_ 9y ago> That's plain wrong. Every EU country must allow freedom of movement for workers from other EU states. Much of what you just wrote is incorrect, please see jimnotjim's comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16558745 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16558745
- nwellnhof 9y agoI don't see how jimnotjim's comment contradicts my statements. He only says the freedom of movement is limited to people seeking work. This is correct but as long as they find employment, workers still have unlimited freedom of movement. It's not within the powers of single member states to stop low-wage immigration as claimed in the comment I was replying to.