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Not quite true, jake. But as you often say to me – good try.
This time you are clouding the issue. There is a huge difference between importing goods and importing crime. Indeed pulling out of the EU would not alter our needs, but neither would it substantially alter our imports or exports. But enough diversion, let’s return to AOG’s point.
There is no doubt that organised crime in Romania is far more rife than in almost any other European country. As well as this, the type of crime which OAG refers to is particularly prevalent and the numbers of such crimes in the UK, committed by people from Romania, has increased enormously since Romanians gained access to the UK by virtue of their EU membership. Here’s details of a report from the EU itself:
http://www.nytimes.co...3briefs-Brussels.html
So concerned are other member states about Romanian crime levels that they have denied Romania their membership of the Schengen Agreement (which abolishes border controls) citing, among many other concerns, “the worrying level of organised crime”:
http://www.euractiv.c...-blockade-news-500856
Yes, there is organised crime in the UK but that is an even stronger reason for keeping people out who seek to arrive from a country where it is even more prevalent.