Border Controls Quotes

No border controls anywhere in the world are able to prevent determined criminals from crossing borders.

The EU has made it very clear that for frictionless trade and no tariffs on goods there is a mechanism for achieving that, but there are consequences. There are trade-offs that will have to happen.

We would only need a bespoke solution for Northern Ireland if Britain leaves the Single Market.

If Brexit happens, there will have to be change - whether people want it or not - around work permits. It won't be freedom of movement for European players, so that landscape will change.

The E.U. must see us prepare for life outside of the E.U. without a deal for them to take us seriously.

I am Brexit tooth and claw, but we need to be pragmatic and sensible and leave with a deal.

We know that the abilities of European Union member states are not infinite. As such, it makes little sense for us to criticize each other.All of us accepted Sweden's decision to introduce border controls too. And that is a country that was for decades the most open to immigration.

Certainly, I know from my own work at the Department of Transport the potential chaos that will follow a 'no deal' Brexit. It will cause disruption, delay and deep damage to our economy.

Having spent six years as Europe Minister, I am in no doubt about the technical challenge Brexit presents lawmakers.

We champion freedom - but Brexit will mean the next generation is less free to live, work and love across Europe.

I hope the unionist parties, for example, who would be keen to protect and preserve the Union would see that it's much easier to do that if the U.K. stays within the Customs Union and the Single Market, because that would take away the need for any special arrangement, or bespoke solution, for Northern Ireland.

No one voted for a Brexit that will tie us to the E.U.'s customs rules and prevent us striking meaningful trade deals of our own.

A no deal Brexit would be a complete failure by the government to negotiate for Britain.

[on Brexit] It's time for change. I just hope the right people give the right leadership.

By remaining inside a customs union and the single market in a transitional phase we would be certain that goods and services could continue to flow between the E.U. and the U.K. without tariffs, customs checks or additional red tape.

Whatever may have been suggested by some Leavers during the referendum it must be clear now that the Brexit process is immensely complicated.

We should advocate that the North should stay in the customs union and the single market and that any customs checks should be in the ports and airports, not on land borders.

If Britain votes to leave the European Union, then that could have huge implications for the entire island of Ireland and, given all the predictions, would run counter to the democratic wishes of the Irish people.

If we have Brexit, we don't know what we will get.

The last thing we want to see, given the success of the peace process, is the return of installations along the Irish border.

Here we have the Schengen agreement, and the truth is that for years we trusted each other and set border controls on the outer borders of the European Union. And as was the case with the economic and monetary union, with this step, regarding the management of the Schengen area, we did not go all the way in terms of political solutions.

As we conduct our negotiations it must be a priority to allow British companies to trade with the single market in goods and services but also, to regain more control of the numbers of people who are coming here from Europe.

Primary responsibility for Brexit lies with British conservatives, who took an entire continent hostage.