E-Borders question..

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My understanding was that UK and Eire will form a common area. The terms of the original creation of Eire insists on free movement between Eire and the Rest of the UK without passports so e-borders is a joint exercise between London and Dublin.

That UK-Eire arrangement works really well & is one reason why I have no qualms about a solution being found if the Scot vote yes to independence.

 

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So lets say passport no 123456 flies into the UK from another country, but leaves by yacht. How does the UK know that person ever left. If that is a non EU citizen they would be left to assume they overstayed their VISA. Its a pretty flawed process. Alternatively, someone who the UK government doesn't want to admit only needs to get to a yacht in France and over they come... no flag on entry at the port...

It is more farcical than that.

I depart from a well known ferry terminal no passport check, I arrive at the same well known ferry terminal and get my passport checked. How does that work?

 

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It is more farcical than that.

I depart from a well known ferry terminal no passport check, I arrive at the same well known ferry terminal and get my passport checked. How does that work?

The checks on inbound are simply immigration checks to exclude "undesirables" however they happen to be defined at the time. We have no need for checking emigrants, but some may not be allowed back in!

TBH I doubt that small boats are a significant issue, it isn't a quick or comfortable way to travel & control is difficult, private aircraft are more tightly regulated as they are probably more likely to be chosen by someone with "special travel requirements".

 

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It is more farcical than that.

I depart from a well known ferry terminal no passport check, I arrive at the same well known ferry terminal and get my passport checked. How does that work?

The proposed implementation required

knowledge to within 15 mins of departure and arrival times
exact locations
file only via Internet