It isn't the EU's stance, it's ours!Why would the EU want to exclude the U.K. from this? Surely this organisation benefits everyone. The overriding issue is to tackle the international criminals running these trafficking enterprises, and the EU’s stance seems to make that a secondary concern.
This is how Fake news get spread.
From the Guardian
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it was clear from the government’s own statements that the UK would be excluded from Europol and its agencies in the event of a no-deal Brexit, and would at best have downgraded access even if a Brexit deal were done.
The chair of the Commons select committee on home affairs, the Labour MP Yvette Cooper, said that she was seriously concerned that the government had no plan as to how to ensure continued UK involvement.
Having put questions to the home secretary, Priti Patel, last week, Cooper told the Observer the tragedy was “truly awful” and that she was deeply alarmed at the apparent lack of planning to ensure full access to the EU unit and its databases even in the event of a Brexit deal. “The government’s plans mean we could lose membership of Europol, including its European Migrant Smuggling Centre, at the end of next year if a new security partnership and treaty isn’t agreed in time.
The government’s plans mean we could lose membership of Europol,