British PM Burnham open to adopting EU free movement, Sunday Times reports
Burnham said Britain should debate a return to free movement as part of a broader reset with the European Union, while ruling out the euro and Schengen.
- Prime Minister Andy Burnham called for an "honest discussion" about returning to freedom of movement between Britain and the European Union during a Sunday interview.
- Migration dominated the 2016 Brexit referendum campaign, but Burnham suggested the type experienced during European Union membership was "different" from current challenges, involving younger people spending a few years abroad.
- The Prime Minister argued ending free movement reduced access to European data on Eurodac, the biometric database. Major General Duncan Capps told MPs Britain would "very much like to be part of that" to assist border control.
- Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp rejected the proposal, stating there could be "no return" to free movement, while Nigel Farage called the comments a "betrayal" of Brexit voters.
- Burnham will meet European Union chiefs at a summit in Brussels on November 20, where he plans to lay out different options for a future relationship with the bloc to the British public.
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