What makes "Holland" so special that it should have the ability to bar people from settling instead of "European Union", "Utrecht" or old grandma from the house across the street?
It's like wanting to dictate to China to abolish the Hukou system. I see it as unfair, but that's their own internal problem to solve.
The question is not whether the people of Holland should be stripped of that decision, but whether they should partially delegate it. And why shouldn't they?
I can delegate my finances, or I can make my own choices and maybe I feel like I'll get better served doing things myself.
I would, actually. Why should the accidents of birth determine something like that?
> Wanting to be able to control ingress is not the same as blocking all ingress.
Realistically that's the only reason people who talk about controlling ingress want to control it though.
> In this case I believe some in the UK, more than anything, resent having their migration policies promulgated in Brussels.
Shrug. I've lived in the UK all my life, but I feel like I have more connection to Brussels than (say) Leeds. (Indeed it would take me less long to get a train there).
Are customs and border control not useful any longer? Have we decided they aren't something countries should have control over?
Wanting to be able to control ingress is not the same as blocking all ingress. In this case I believe some in the UK, more than anything, resent having their migration policies promulgated in Brussels.