The Independent highlights a significant political development as Keir Starmer prepares to implement a youth mobility scheme aligned with the EU while simultaneously enforcing a clampdown on legal migration. The announcement aims to reset post-Brexit relations, though it has triggered fears of increasing anti-immigrant sentiment reminiscent of historical rhetoric. This scheme could enable young people to work and travel between the UK and EU countries, mirroring a prior arrangement with Australia, tying into broader objectives for enhanced cooperation in European defense and future trade agreements, particularly with Gulf states.
Keir Starmer is set to agree a youth mobility scheme in alignment with the European Union despite his controversial clampdown on migration, a senior government source has confirmed with The Independent.
The speech on Monday sparked alarm with claims it echoed Enoch Powell's infamous rivers of blood speech in 1968 that whipped up a frenzy of anti-immigration hatred across the UK.
The mobility scheme could be similar to the one available between the UK and Australia, allowing people aged between 18 and 30 to travel and work freely between countries for two years.
The much-discussed Brexit reset deal is also set to bring about much closer cooperation on European defence, with the UK set to play a much more advanced role.
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