Comments on: Immigration controls to be introduced for UK-Irish travel. http://www.mamanpoulet.com/immigration-controls-to-be-introduced-for-uk-irish-travel/ Clucking away crookedly through media, politics and life. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:53:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eurocentric http://www.mamanpoulet.com/immigration-controls-to-be-introduced-for-uk-irish-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-96411 Eurocentric Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:01:46 +0000 http://www.mamanpoulet.com/?p=631#comment-96411 The UK seems to be more and more obsessed with its borders. I had read in the papers last year of plans to do something like this - I can't understand why this hasn't been more widely reported. Thanks for posting about this! It makes you wonder if closing off of the border is next... In my opinion, the Schengen area shows that openness doesn't have to mean less security, since common controls and information sharing help control the area's border. Plus the idea that any country can seal its borders even halfway effectively seems a bit unrealistic to me. The UK seems to be more and more obsessed with its borders. I had read in the papers last year of plans to do something like this – I can’t understand why this hasn’t been more widely reported. Thanks for posting about this!

It makes you wonder if closing off of the border is next…

In my opinion, the Schengen area shows that openness doesn’t have to mean less security, since common controls and information sharing help control the area’s border. Plus the idea that any country can seal its borders even halfway effectively seems a bit unrealistic to me.

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