Brexit, 30 EU citizens detained in border immigration centers in 2021
United Kingdom, the case of European and Italian immigrants stopped at the border and detained
BREXIT, TENS OF EUROPEANS BLOCKED AT THE FRONTIER AND REPATRIED, ALSO ITALIANS
At least thirty citizens of the European Union, including Italians, Germans, Greeks, Romanians and Spaniards, especially young people, were blocked at the border in Great Britain and held in removal centers after trying to enter the country perhaps to work , without a visa or residence, the Politico news site announced, citing diplomatic sources. Europeans were held in the centers for up to seven days before being forced to repatriate, a very long period also attributable to the difficulty in finding a flight back to their country due to the covid epidemic but which a diplomat defined as “disproportionate”. The UK Interior Ministry has not yet disclosed how many Europeans in all have been held in the centers since 1 January. The embassies of European countries have offered legal advice and intervened to try to reduce detention, but not all Europeans stranded have turned to diplomatic offices. Many of the detained boys were trying to enter Britain to work as au pairs in families or look for ‘low skilled’ jobs for a short period of time. After Brexit, European citizens can only enter Great Britain for work with a visa or under the EU Settlement Scheme which concerns those who lived in the country before Brexit. Otherwise, Europeans can enter for tourism and stay for 90 days maximum. But the border police retain the right to push back Europeans if there are reasonable doubts as to their intention to work during their stay.
BREXIT, GB: ‘THERE IS NO CASE, AUTHORITIES HAVE RESPECTED THE PROCEDURES’
“There is no case. The procedures in force since January 1st have been fully respected, so diplomatic sources dismiss, talking with Adnkronos, the news of the rejection of thirty European citizens – one or two Italians – since last January 1st. In Great Britain now “entry for work is not allowed, if you do not have a regular contract or a visa. The rejected Europeans, on the other hand, would have declared that they wanted to enter the country to work, but without having the requisites.” The Italian presence in Great Britain it was and continues to be very high. Many Italians, tens of thousands if not more, remained and obtained residence permits “, it is specified. The many young people who arrived in Great Britain without completing bureaucratic procedures,” will now have to prepare the ground earlier “.