EU may accept 12-month work visas for youth experience' scheme with UK
Briefly

The EU is negotiating major concessions to allow young Europeans aged 18-30 to work in the UK for up to 12 months. This scheme, aimed to promote youth mobility, may include quotas and sector restrictions. The initiative, rebranded as the youth experience programme, aims to ease concerns about reopening immigration routes for EU citizens. Brexit campaigner Steve Baker expressed his support, while emphasizing it does not equate to a return to free movement. As negotiations progress, the UK is reaffirming the importance of its trading relationship with the EU over the US.
The EU is prepared to make major concessions in negotiations to allow thousands of young Europeans to live and work in the UK.
A post-Brexit scheme would allow British and European 18- to 30-year-olds to travel and work freely, seen as a key demand for a pact.
Signalling a melting away of Eurosceptic resistance to the special youth visa deal, Steve Baker backed the scheme, claiming it wouldn't mean a return to free movement.
Amid discussions, the British chancellor emphasized the UK's trading relationship with the EU, even more important than its ties with the US.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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