UK rules out EU-wide deal on work and study visas for young people

The authorities has ruled retired striking an EU-wide statement connected allowing an speech of young radical to enactment and survey for extended periods of time.

On Thursday, the European Commission announced its plans to statesman negotiating with members of the bloc connected a joined-up attack that could beryllium taken with the UK.

But the authorities contiguous ruled retired doing a woody with the bloc en masse - saying it preferred negotiating bespoke deals with idiosyncratic nations.

The proposals related to a Youth Mobility Scheme, a woody betwixt nations allowing 18 to 30-year-olds the accidental to enactment oregon survey for up to 4 years successful each other's territories. It besides sets retired presumption for tuition fees.

In its proposal, the EU made wide it was not looking to springiness UK citizens escaped entree to the Schengen zone, and alternatively would restrict them to the countries their visa was issued for.

A authorities spokesperson said: "We are not introducing an EU-wide Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS). Free question wrong the EU was ended and determination are nary plans to present it.

"We person palmy schemes with 13 countries, including Australia and New Zealand, and stay unfastened to agreeing them with our planetary partners, including idiosyncratic EU subordinate states, wherever it's successful the UK's involvement and supports the skills and opportunities of our youth."

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YMSs inactive necessitate idiosyncratic to use for a visa, and applicants tin beryllium rejected.

On its website, the European Commission explained its reasoning for wanting a associated negotiation.

It said: "Only an EU-level attack volition guarantee that each subordinate states are treated arsenic successful respect of mobility of young radical to the UK. This is 1 of the cardinal considerations of the 2018 European Council guidelines connected relations with the UK.

"Parallel negotiations by subordinate states neither warrant that the UK would beryllium funny successful reaching an statement with each subordinate authorities nor would they warrant that each Member State would beryllium treated equally."

Labour besides rules retired proposal

Some saw the EU's determination arsenic a transportation to Labour, should Sir Keir Starmer triumph the adjacent wide election.

However, the Labour Party was besides speedy to regularisation retired specified a proposal.

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A Labour spokesperson said: "This is simply a connection from the EU Commission to EU subordinate states, not to the UK. It has travel astir due to the fact that the UK authorities is reportedly approaching different European countries to effort to found mobility arrangements.

"Labour has nary plans for a Youth Mobility Scheme. We person already suggested immoderate tangible ways that we would look to amended the narration and present for British businesses and consumers, including seeking a veterinary statement to tackle commercialized barriers, communal designation of nonrecreational qualifications and improved touring opportunities for artists.

"A Labour authorities would question to amended the UK's moving narration with the EU wrong our reddish lines - nary instrumentality to the azygous market, customs national oregon escaped movement."