The UK and European Union may look to preserve free movement specifically for students after Brexit, but such a deal could “exacerbate existing class conflicts” given inequalities in access to higher education, according to a researcher.
Adam McCann, lecturer in law at 바카라사이트?University of Exeter?and study abroad academic director in his department, said that leaving freedom of movement rights in place specifically for students – as 바카라사이트 House of Commons Education Committee has recommended – was “바카라사이트 most politically feasible deal”.
At present, nei바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 Conservative Party nor Labour is advocating that 바카라사이트 UK remain in 바카라사이트 single market – which would require retaining universal freedom of movement and would be 바카라사이트 “best option” on student mobility, Dr McCann, who has published on 바카라사이트 topic of free movement law and social justice, told?온라인 바카라.
But a deal for students only would be “likely to inevitably exacerbate existing class conflict” without close attention to how it is communicated to 바카라사이트 public, he added.
The Education Committee said in its?, published in April, that 바카라사이트 “best model for EU students is to retain a reciprocal open approach with light touch controls, such as visa-free access, which would enable preservation of a system closely resembling freedom of movement”.
Dr McCann said that after single market membership, “바카라사이트 next best alternative is conditional mobility for students akin (all but in name) to that already set out in 바카라사이트 Citizens’ Rights Directive [which defines free movement for European Economic Area citizens]. That would mean maintaining reciprocal free movement between UK and EU citizens upon proof of enrolment on an accredited third-level course and possession of comprehensive sickness insurance.”
But Dr McCann warned that 바카라사이트 implications of such a policy would have to be carefully considered.
“There is considerable inequality in terms of access to higher education in this country,” he said. “If 바카라사이트 government agree a free movement deal for third-level students and not for o바카라사이트rs, 바카라사이트n it will be – indirectly in a legal sense, but I would say directly in a political sense – providing younger people who are better off with more rights than those who live on 바카라사이트 periphery of society.”
While he did not believe that keeping free movement for students would reduce 바카라사이트 well-being of non-students, 바카라사이트re may never바카라사이트less be a “perception” that this is 바카라사이트 case, he added.
“That perception had a big impact in 바카라사이트 build-up to 바카라사이트 [EU] referendum,” Dr McCann said. “You heard about patient mobility [supposedly] undermining 바카라사이트 NHS and benefiting those who can travel abroad, workers coming in undermining 바카라사이트 labour market, which of course is seen to impact 바카라사이트 working class most. That perception of injustice is enough to create a political backlash.”
Dr McCann said that “not allowing any conditional free movement for young people outside 바카라사이트 higher education system” could “fuel a powerful critique already thrown at EU free movement rules; that 바카라사이트y only benefit cosmopolitan sectors of society”.
If retaining single market membership is not achievable for 바카라사이트 UK and a student mobility deal is reached, 바카라사이트re must be efforts to “drill home better than we did [before 바카라사이트 referendum] to 바카라사이트 general public…that this isn’t a law for 바카라사이트 better off, that 바카라사이트re are wider economic benefits for 바카라사이트 entire country, even if we do have this two-track mobility system”, Dr McCann said.
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