tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406430766424642773.post3071802964816167521..comments2023-09-28T12:28:57.598+03:00Comments on Grahnlaw: EU TFEU: Border checks, asylum and immigrationRalf Grahn http://www.blogger.com/profile/02156293782163802007noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406430766424642773.post-5461312540335420212008-05-02T09:48:00.000+03:002008-05-02T09:48:00.000+03:00Alfred the Ordinary, Thank you for your comments o...Alfred the Ordinary, <BR/><BR/>Thank you for your comments on some of the views on substantive aspects of free movement within the European Union (outside the scope of my treatment of the treaty reform stages, really). <BR/><BR/>The latest news that I have seen on the wider subject seem to indicate a considerable re-flux of migrants, as well as the large numbers you mention who have headed for the UK and Ireland, presumably to fill voids on the labour market.<BR/><BR/>The failures of central government and local governments would surely be worth further study from many points of view, including that of businesses and the migrants themselves.Ralf Grahn https://www.blogger.com/profile/02156293782163802007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6406430766424642773.post-14216771301699712752008-05-02T01:07:00.000+03:002008-05-02T01:07:00.000+03:001. The Union shall develop a policy with a view to...<I>1. The Union shall develop a policy with a view to: (a) ensuring the absence of any controls on persons, whatever their nationality, when crossing internal borders;</I><BR/><BR/>This policy, despite UK opt outs, is already having a considerable impact, without the additional Lisbon measures. You have referenced <B>The House of Lords European Union Committee report ‘The Treaty of Lisbon: an impact assessment, Volume I:</B> but this includes some very bland comments on immigration - much better were the comments in the actual House of Lords debate on April 1st. Even better, read <B> HOUSE OF LORDS Select Committee on Economic Affairs 1st Report of Session 2007–08 The Economic Impact of Immigration</B><BR/><BR/>Where you will read comments such as:<BR/><BR/><I>239. In addition to its direct impact on the housing market, rising population density creates wider welfare issues and consequences for the living standards of UK residents. These wider welfare issues are potentially significant but in practice difficult to measure and, in part, highly subjective. They do, however, involve economic impacts on, for example, the cost and speed of implementation of public infrastructure projects. It is therefore important to include them in the debate about the economic impacts of immigration. Yet the Government appears not to have considered these issues at all. These wide-ranging impacts should be assessed urgently and the conclusions reflected in public policy as appropriate (para 185).</I><BR/><BR/>Immigration is bringing the maternity services, education, housing and social services to their knees in some parts of the country, especially where I live. Uncontrolled immigration will be disasterous. A small overcrowded island can only take so much<BR/><BR/>(I'm not talking about our traditional care for asylum seekers here)Alfred the Ordinaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806612975119244680noreply@blogger.com