Ambassador of Ireland to the UK Dan Mulhall stated that EU should recognizes region’s ‘unique circumstances’. He hoped that Brexit would not create external border. An open border between Northern Ireland and the Republic post Brexit wouldn't pose a risk to Britain in terms of immigration, Ireland's ambassador has insisted. These words confirm what arrangements were made in June during the meeting between British Prime Minister Theresa May and Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny. May promised a "practical solution" on the Irish border after Britain leaves the European Union.

"We don’t wish to see any return to the borders of the past on the island of Ireland," Kenny said.

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Nowadays, there exists the common travel area allowing freedom of movement between Northern Ireland and the Republic. Irish and British citizens currently have special status in each others countries.

The main inquiry is: what impact Brexit will have on the Common Travel Area, trade relationships, the border, and the rights of Irish citizens in the UK?

Ireland is outside of Schengen.  People coming into Ireland need to go through passport control. Mulhall said any effort to control the free movement of people on the island, or between Britain and Ireland, would be "very damaging".

"Therefore, the only people that will have the right of free movement into Ireland, the right to live and work, will be European Union citizens. Of course, it's true that an EU citizen could come to Ireland after Brexit, and then decide to go across the border into Northern Ireland and then into Britain" said Irish Ambassador Dan Mulhall. "I don't think there's any great risk that that border will be abused in the future” he added.


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