{"id":107558,"date":"2025-05-16T23:35:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T23:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/107558\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T23:35:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T23:35:14","slug":"fury-as-uk-could-be-opened-up-to-150million-new-migrants-under-eu-youth-visa-scheme-in-fresh-brexit-surrender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/107558\/","title":{"rendered":"Fury as UK could be opened up to 150MILLION new migrants under EU youth visa scheme in fresh Brexit surrender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>EIGHTY million Europeans will qualify for a British visa if free movement for under-35s is not capped as fears mount over a fresh surrender to Brussels.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The pool of potential migrants could surge to 150million if nine \u201ccandidate countries\u201d \u2014 including Albania and North Macedonia \u2014 are allowed to join the bloc.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Group photo of European Political Community Summit leaders in Tirana.\" height=\"528\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"EPA\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nato-secretary-general-mark-rutte-995252701.jpg\" data-caption=\"Eighty million Europeans will qualify for a British visa if free movement for under-35s is not capped, pictured Starmer meeting EU leaders\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/nato-secretary-general-mark-rutte-995252701.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>8<\/p>\n<p>Eighty million Europeans will qualify for a British visa if free movement for under-35s is not capped, pictured Starmer meeting EU leadersCredit: EPA<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UK Border Agency visa application form.\" height=\"636\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Alamy\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/b7k072-united-kingdom-border-agency-395390795.jpg\" data-caption=\"The pool of potential migrants could surge to 150million\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/b7k072-united-kingdom-border-agency-395390795.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>8<\/p>\n<p>The pool of potential migrants could surge to 150millionCredit: Alamy<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UK border control at Heathrow Airport.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"AFP\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/uk-border-signage-pictured-passport-995382197.jpg\" data-caption=\"Starmer's only comment when pressed by The Sun was that free movement for all would not return\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/uk-border-signage-pictured-passport-995382197.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>8<\/p>\n<p>Starmer&#8217;s only comment when pressed by The Sun was that free movement for all would not returnCredit: AFP<\/p>\n<p>Last night, PM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/sir-keir-starmer\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sir Keir Starmer<\/a> again refused to say whether a quota would apply to the \u00a33,500 youth mobility visas \u2014 despite warnings it would destroy his attempts to reduce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/34920712\/immigration-starmer-crackdown-politics-refugees-labour\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">net migration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His only comment when pressed by The Sun was that free movement for all would not return.<\/p>\n<p>He met with European leaders in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/where\/albania\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Albania\u2019s<\/a> capital Tirana ahead of a London summit with the EU Commission on Monday when he is set to sign a defence and security pact and soften food goods checks.<\/p>\n<p>EU countries, led by France, also want more access to UK fishing waters and alignment of EU rules \u2014 with Britain having no say on how they are set.<\/p>\n<p>But top of the list of concessions requested by Brussels is the visa scheme \u2014 with the French demanding the cost of any new youth visa should be slashed to around \u00a31,000.<\/p>\n<p>As a bargaining chip, it is dangling extra support to stop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/politics\/34931394\/keir-doubles-down-on-migration-pledge\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">small boats<\/a> crossing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/where\/english-channel\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"article__quote\">\n<p>There are about 80million Europeans in this age range. However tight the conditions, it would risk opening the floodgates<\/p>\n<p>Lord Frost<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Talks ahead of what has been dubbed the \u201csurrender\u201d summit are said to be on a knife edge amid concerns more taxpayers\u2019 cash could end up in EU coffers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/david-frost\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lord Frost<\/a>, who was the UK\u2019s chief negotiator during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/brexit\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brexit<\/a> talks under Boris Johnson, said it would be a \u201csell-out\u201d if no youth mobility visa cap was put in place.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe Government\u2019s been so dishonest about its approach that it\u2019s entirely possible this is expectation management \u2014 they have agreed a cap and just want to present it as a negotiating triumph.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut a mobility deal without a cap would be a genuine sell out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are about 80million Europeans in this age range. However tight the conditions, it would risk opening the floodgates.<\/p>\n<p>The Sun watches as hundreds of illegal migrants arrive at Dover<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLabour are planning to open the borders to tens of millions of young Europeans even though immigration is far too high already \u2014 and this just a few days after Starmer promised to clamp down on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThey\u2019re taking us back into the single market for agriculture and food. They are letting the EU push up our carbon price as part of the disastrous Net Zero policy. And they are abandoning our fishing grounds and fishermen just before we would have finally taken back full control again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce again, the rules and the laws will be set in Brussels. EU officials will monitor them and EU courts will enforce them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBritain gets no say. Whatever we are getting back for this, the price is too high.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The talks come less than two weeks after the UK struck trade deals with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/politics\/34815940\/trade-uk-india-deal-starmer-whisky\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">India<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/politics\/34848032\/donald-trump-trade-deal-britain-major-sign-white-house\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/34957742\/starmer-albania-migrant-talks\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sir Keir<\/a> will insist that any pact with the EU will drive growth and boosting living standards.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke with European Commission President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/ursula-von-der-leyen\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ursula von der Leyen<\/a> yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Illustration of The Sun newspaper logo and the phrase &quot;Don't Betray Brexit&quot; on a background of a cracked UK and EU flag.\" height=\"960\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dont-betray-brexit-logo_de7e30.jpg\" data-caption=\"The Sun continues to campaign against any betrayal of the 2016 Brexit referendum\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dont-betray-brexit-logo_de7e30.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>8<\/p>\n<p>The Sun continues to campaign against any betrayal of the 2016 Brexit referendum<\/p>\n<p>No10 has refused to rule out sending cash to bolster the EU as part of the reset and negotiators insist that they will only sign a deal in the \u201cnational interest\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Any draft agreement may not be finalised until tomorrow but a security and defence partnership will be the showpiece. <\/p>\n<p>It could give UK firms access to a \u00a3125billion military fund the EU is setting up.<\/p>\n<p>Critics fear that the UK will be put under pressure as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/where\/france\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">France<\/a> is understood to want to tie this in some way to fishing rights access.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/where\/brussels\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brussels<\/a> also wants cheaper university fees for students coming here in exchange for help with the huge numbers of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/34988354\/small-boat-numbers-wont-fall-till-next-year\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">migrants crossing the Channel<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>If concessions are granted here, more help from the bloc on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/politics\/31983611\/total-of-728000-more-migrants-arrived-than-left-britain\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">migrants<\/a> and data-sharing could be forthcoming.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"article__quote\">\n<p>The Prime Minister thinks he\u2019ll get away with this surrender deal but he under- estimates how strong Brexit feeling still is in the Red Wall<\/p>\n<p>Farage<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Any sell-out is predicted to go down badly in constituencies where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/reform-uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reform UK<\/a> is hot on Labour\u2019s heels.<\/p>\n<p>Reform leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/nigel-farage\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nigel Farage<\/a> said last night: \u201cThe Prime Minister thinks he\u2019ll get away with this surrender deal but he under- estimates how strong Brexit feeling still is in the Red Wall. The whole \u2018reset\u2019 is an abject surrender from Starmer and politically something he will come to regret.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sir Keir said last night that the UK would not \u201cturn inward\u201d amid global uncertainty. <\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cIn a new era for trade and the economy, we will increase our resilience, strengthen our alliances and reduce barriers to trade with our allies around the world and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this time of great uncertainty and volatility, the UK will not respond by turning inwards, but by taking its place on the world stage, strengthening alliances, supporting freedom and peace in Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that it was vital to do more on immigration, a challenge that \u201ccrosses our borders\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>BOSS BABY KEIR &amp; CO<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/author\/ryan-sabey\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RYAN SABEY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A BABY AI version of Sir Keir Starmer gives a double wave at the European Political Community summit\u2019s opening ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The PM was among the leaders in Tirana to have a tot version of themselves generated \u2014 with each one saying \u201cWelcome to Albania\u201d in their own language.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"AI-generated image of a baby saying &quot;Welcome to Albania&quot; at the European Political Community summit.\" height=\"387\" width=\"483\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/458f59e1-dba1-4d03-be1e-3ba2ef1ee0f1_b2a08c.jpg\" data-caption=\"A baby AI version of Sir Keir Starmer gives a double wave at the European Political Community summit\u2019s opening ceremony\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/458f59e1-dba1-4d03-be1e-3ba2ef1ee0f1_b2a08c.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>8<\/p>\n<p>A baby AI version of Sir Keir Starmer gives a double wave at the European Political Community summit\u2019s opening ceremony<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"AI-generated image of a baby holding a sign that says &quot;Welcome to Albania&quot; at the European Political Community Summit.\" height=\"389\" width=\"472\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/28357d1e-cee8-4518-a572-97a39412fe15.jpg\" data-caption=\"European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in baby form\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/28357d1e-cee8-4518-a572-97a39412fe15.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>8<\/p>\n<p>European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in baby form<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"AI-generated image of a baby holding a sign that says &quot;Welcome to Albania&quot; displayed at a summit.\" height=\"138\" width=\"158\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/59eaa31a-9009-44a2-8cbc-7606ba719040.jpg\" data-caption=\"A tot version of French President Emmanuel Macron\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/59eaa31a-9009-44a2-8cbc-7606ba719040.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>8<\/p>\n<p>A tot version of French President Emmanuel Macron<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"AI-generated image of baby-faced Keir Starmer, Macron, and Leyen waving and saying &quot;Welcome to Albania!&quot; at the European Political Community summit.\" height=\"186\" width=\"227\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3ffeb5b9-5490-4cd5-9082-b1388c0b07d4_f1a36b.jpg\" data-caption=\"Albania\u2019s PM Edi Rama was also among those returned to infancy\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3ffeb5b9-5490-4cd5-9082-b1388c0b07d4_f1a36b.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>8<\/p>\n<p>Albania\u2019s PM Edi Rama was also among those returned to infancy<\/p>\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Albania\u2019s PM Edi Rama were among others returned to their infant times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EIGHTY million Europeans will qualify for a British visa if free movement for under-35s is not capped as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5226],"tags":[10541,802,748,11330,34,2000,299,5187,1699,36,1824,2440,4884,2199,528,2992,8536,18624,935,520,118,16,18625,15,1220,658],"class_list":{"0":"post-107558","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brexit","8":"tag-albania","9":"tag-brexit","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-brussels","12":"tag-emmanuel-macron","13":"tag-eu","14":"tag-europe","15":"tag-european","16":"tag-european-union","17":"tag-france","18":"tag-germany","19":"tag-giorgia-meloni","20":"tag-great-britain","21":"tag-italy","22":"tag-labour-party","23":"tag-mark-rutte","24":"tag-recep-tayyip-erdogan","25":"tag-refugee-crisis","26":"tag-section-newspolitics","27":"tag-sir-keir-starmer","28":"tag-the-sun-newspaper","29":"tag-uk","30":"tag-uk-immigration-crisis","31":"tag-united-kingdom","32":"tag-ursula-von-der-leyen","33":"tag-volodymyr-zelensky"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114520137791680950","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}