Safer In

A dossier of murders and rapes committed by fifty EU criminals in Britain has been published by Vote Leave. This is dark and scary. What are we supposed to think and to what human characteristics does this tactic appeal? The dossier plays on voters’ fears.  Yet, I expect some of our own bad guys are commiting crimes in Europe to balance all this.  The dossier is published amid a series of high-profile interventions about Brexit’s negative impact on energy, farming and the NHS.

Damian Green, the former Conservative immigration minister, said Vote Leave’s argument “makes no sense” and was “a mix of chaos and confusion”. He added “We are able to stop suspects from travelling to the UK and since 2010 we have refused entry to almost 6,000 EU nationals'

Chuka Umunna, Labour MP, said one of the terrorists involved in the July 2005 attacks in London had been returned to face justice through the European arrest warrant. “

Sir Hugh Orde, former president of the Association of Chief Police Officers, added that membership of the EU was vital to Britain’s security. “Using the European arrest warrant we have deported 7,000 suspects from the UK and brought hundreds back to face justice on British soil, and working together through Europol we share intelligence in real time on violent criminals across the EU. Leaving would put this all at risk.”