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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' Three current and former cabinet ministers - Michael Gove, Iain Duncan Smith and Owen Paterson - backing EU exit are all focusing on immigration as the Leave campaign tries to wrestle back the initiative after days of headlines about the economic risks of EU exit following US President Barack Obama's intervention in the referendum debate.
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. Former Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, another leading Leave campaigner, said immigration was "out of control" and free movement of people rules meant the UK had to accept criminals coming 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."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.""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''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."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 after President Obama warned that 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 intervention 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 about what Mr Obama would say. The US was driven by national self-interest, he said, and "the British people would be picking up the pieces not the Americans".
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". On Sunday, Mrs May told the BBC that the free movement of workers within the EU made it more difficult to curb immigration to the UK but did not make it "impossible".
However, writing in the Daily Telegraph, Mayor of London Boris Mr Johnson warned pro-EU campaigners not to "crow too soon". She is expected to use a speech to spell out what the UK has done to enforce controls and how EU co-operation enhances security.
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. But Boris Johnson said the EU had vetoed "modest" restrictions, such as requiring anyone coming to the UK to work to have a firm job offer.
"That deal shows how contemptuously we will be treated if we remain," Mr Johnson wrote. "The home secretary formally proposed only if you have a job offer," the Mayor of London said.
On Sunday, Mrs May said the free movement of workers within the EU made it more difficult to curb immigration to the UK. "That to me seemed reasonable. That vanished. They said 'bog off'. The point I'm trying to make now...if you want to imagine what the future is like in the EU look at that deal and the poverty of what was achieved."
But she told BBC's Andrew Marr Show it did not make it "impossible". And in a speech later, former environment secretary Owen Paterson will say that the UK risks becoming "a colony on the edge of the European empire" if it votes to remain.
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.