EU referendum: Cameron sets June date for UK vote

Re:EU referendum: Cameron sets June date for UK vote by junto on Saturday February 20, 2016 @01:13PM (#11141149)

Indeed. Border control policies end up being a tit for tat affair.

The only reason EU countries have border controls on flights landing in their respective countries from the UK, is because the UK applies border controls on their citizens entering the United Kingdom. I can fly from Germany to Spain without ever showing my passport at my destination, but if I fly to and from the UK I need to show my passport on both sides.

I expect this to become 100 fold worse in the UK tries to leave the EU.

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Re:EU referendum: Cameron sets June date for UK vote by aembleton on Saturday February 20, 2016 @01:43PM (#11141278)

Maybe we will have to get visas to visit the EU. If the EU want to make it harder for us to visit, then that is their choice and they have every right to do so. I don't see why we should expect others to just let us into their country if they'd rather we weren't there.

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Re:EU referendum: Cameron sets June date for UK vote by masklinn on Saturday February 20, 2016 @01:49PM (#11141302)

> Maybe we will have to get visas to visit the EU.

That's really unlikely, though that would be a hilarious hit to the "power" of the UK passport (in terms of countries you can enter visa-free).

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Re:EU referendum: Cameron sets June date for UK vote by dogma1138 on Saturday February 20, 2016 @02:47PM (#11141602)

If you are from the EU any EU ID is sufficient to enter the uk you do not need a passport.

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Re:EU referendum: Cameron sets June date for UK vote by junto on Saturday February 20, 2016 @05:11PM (#11142200)

My point is that you have to present your ID at a British border control. Germany to Spain - nichts, nada, zilch. I just walk straight through.

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