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EU migration: UK to face 'free-for-all', Michael Gove warns | EU migration: UK to face 'free-for-all', Michael Gove warns |
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The UK will face a future migration "free-for-all" unless it leaves the European Union, Justice Secretary Michael Gove has warned. | The UK will face a future migration "free-for-all" unless it leaves the European Union, Justice Secretary Michael Gove has warned. |
Writing in the Times, he said any future expansion of the EU would pose a "direct and serious threat" to public services in the UK, including the NHS. | Writing in the Times, he said any future expansion of the EU would pose a "direct and serious threat" to public services in the UK, including the NHS. |
Meanwhile, Home Secretary Theresa May is to argue being in the EU improves Britain's "clout" in the world. | Meanwhile, Home Secretary Theresa May is to argue being in the EU improves Britain's "clout" in the world. |
She will make her first major speech of the EU referendum campaign later. | She will make her first major speech of the EU referendum campaign later. |
'Serious threat' | |
Mr Gove warned that five potential new members of the EU - Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania and Turkey - would result in millions more people having the right to move to the UK. | Mr Gove warned that five potential new members of the EU - Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania and Turkey - would result in millions more people having the right to move to the UK. |
"Because we cannot control our borders - and because our deal sadly does nothing to change this fact - public services such as the NHS will face an unquantifiable strain as millions more become EU citizens," he wrote. | "Because we cannot control our borders - and because our deal sadly does nothing to change this fact - public services such as the NHS will face an unquantifiable strain as millions more become EU citizens," he wrote. |
"There is a direct and serious threat to our public services, standard of living and ability to maintain social solidarity if we accept continued EU membership," he added. | "There is a direct and serious threat to our public services, standard of living and ability to maintain social solidarity if we accept continued EU membership," he added. |
EU membership discussions for Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania and Turkey - which started accession talks in October 2005 - are ongoing. | EU membership discussions for Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania and Turkey - which started accession talks in October 2005 - are ongoing. |
Countries can join the EU if they meet the criteria, which includes democracy, the rule of law, a market economy and adherence to the EU's goals of political and economic union and in the final stages of membership a country's accession treaty has to be ratified by every individual EU country. | Countries can join the EU if they meet the criteria, which includes democracy, the rule of law, a market economy and adherence to the EU's goals of political and economic union and in the final stages of membership a country's accession treaty has to be ratified by every individual EU country. |
Former Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said immigration was "out of control" and free movement of people rules meant the UK had to let criminals into the country. | |
"An elected government in the UK elected on a platform to reduce immigration right now cannot deliver that because the EU is an open border," he told Radio 4's Today. | |
"You cannot reject anyone unless you can demonstrate categorically that they pose an immediate threat to the life and livelihood of the UK." | |
'Enormous pressure' | |
Immigration was placing "enormous pressure" on schools, hospitals and housing, he said, and leaving the EU would help the poorest in society. "It is not an anti-migrant policy. It is about getting balance in all things." | |
Pro-Brexit campaigners have attempted to return the EU debate to the issue of immigration following US President Barack Obama's intervention in the debate. | Pro-Brexit campaigners have attempted to return the EU debate to the issue of immigration following US President Barack Obama's intervention in the debate. |
On Friday, Mr Obama said the UK would be at the "back of the queue" for trade deals with the US, if it voted to leave the EU on 23 June. | On Friday, Mr Obama said the UK would be at the "back of the queue" for trade deals with the US, if it voted to leave the EU on 23 June. |
His warning has been seen as a major boost for the Remain campaign. | His warning has been seen as a major boost for the Remain campaign. |
But Mr Duncan Smith suggested Mr Cameron and US President had had a "cosy conversation" in advance and agreed what Mr Obama would say. The US was driven by national self-interest, he said, and "the British would be picking up the pieces not the Americans". | |
However, writing in the Daily Telegraph, Mayor of London Boris Mr Johnson warned pro-EU campaigners not to "crow too soon". | However, writing in the Daily Telegraph, Mayor of London Boris Mr Johnson warned pro-EU campaigners not to "crow too soon". |
He accused Prime Minister David Cameron of achieving "two-thirds of diddly squat" in his negotiations with Brussels for a special deal for Britain on immigration and other key demands. | He accused Prime Minister David Cameron of achieving "two-thirds of diddly squat" in his negotiations with Brussels for a special deal for Britain on immigration and other key demands. |
"That deal shows how contemptuously we will be treated if we remain," Mr Johnson wrote. | "That deal shows how contemptuously we will be treated if we remain," Mr Johnson wrote. |
On Sunday, Mrs May said the free movement of workers within the EU made it more difficult to curb immigration to the UK. | On Sunday, Mrs May said the free movement of workers within the EU made it more difficult to curb immigration to the UK. |
But she told BBC's Andrew Marr Show it did not make it "impossible". | But she told BBC's Andrew Marr Show it did not make it "impossible". |
She said controlling immigration - whether from inside or outside the EU - "is hard". | She said controlling immigration - whether from inside or outside the EU - "is hard". |
Vote Leave said Mrs May had "given up" on trying to control immigration. | Vote Leave said Mrs May had "given up" on trying to control immigration. |