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Rebordering Britain & Britons after Brexit

Whose Freedom of Movement Is Worth Defending?

Abstract

As long as the EU continues to present refugees as a problem to be kept at bay, with repeated promises to strengthen its borders against unwanted arrivals, those of us who wish to defend freedom of movement as a core component of EU citizenship have to ask ourselves not just about Europe’s ‘immobile’ citizens who associate free movement with unpalatable costs, but about the people on the wrong side of the territorial and civic borders who are paying the ultimate price.

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Debating European Citizenship

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Sarah Fine (United Kingdom)

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