Aside from FOM, what EU laws or regulations do you want to see the back of?
As for FOM, the prime issue for me is that we as a Nation have never managed it at all. We could have done so, like Belgium have, by recording who comes in and then actively ensuring that after 3 months, they either can provide for themselves of that they’re in employment, otherwise they are actively removed. We’ve done nothing, and I doubt we’ll do much more post Brexit.
There are ways to reduce the immigration into the U.K. . Aka the reasons why the transmigrants see the U.K. as some sort of Walhala:
- I think it's relatively easy to lead an anonymous life in the U.K.. You don't have something like an identity card. Compulsory almost everywhere. If I can't produce my identity card, I get fined and get asked to identify myself at the police station at a later date (in theory; I'm native looking so they gladly accept my driving licence or something else). I also believe that the British police isn't allowed to apprehend you on the street without a direct reason. All allowed here. If you're walking on the street the police the police can always ask you to identify; they are also allowed to lock you up for 24 hours.
- I've read somewhere that in the U.K. there's a very large parallel economy (black market), 3 or 4 times larger than in France and a whole lot bigger than in other countries. So if you're abled it's a whole lot easier to survive in the U.K. than on the continent. And say, that you want to abide by the rules it's also relatively easy to start a company in the U.K. (a whole lot more difficult over here, including lots of administration concerning your identity).
- Probably also because English is an easy language. Oh and after all this time there's probably a lot of family and friends in the U.K., relatives of those still in Calais or somewhere else. I also believe the family reunification laws are quite relaxed.
