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EU Accession States/Immigration

Asked why Accession state citizens should be treated any differently from any other members of the European Union, the PMOS said it was best to wait for the Home Secretary’s statement this afternoon. Asked when the final decision about the strategy had been taken, the PMOS said that there had been a meeting last Tuesday where the final details were worked out and it was agreed that David Blunkett would make a statement today as we had announced at the time. Asked if the strategy had been cleared with Brussels, the PMOS said he was sure we would not be doing anything incompatible with any obligations we might have. Asked what the principle behind the statement would be, the PMOS said that everyone was aware of the issues involved. There were issues in relation to the fact that there was free movement of citizens in the enlarged European Union. There were issues in relation to people coming to the UK as “Benefit Tourists” and making sure people didn’t abuse the benefits system here. There were issues in relation to people working here. He didn’t think he was telling journalists anything they did not know already but they only had a few more hours to wait until the statement.

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