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Which is what makes the EU position so puzzling. There isn't currently a huge flow of migration from the United Kingdom to Europe, except some increase of Europeans going home. I don't see how this is suddenly going to change if the EU imposes a land border. Migrants don't come here to get in to the Schengen area.

As for the other way, there has been concentrations of migrants in places like Calais on and off for nearly two decades. Basically what has happened is that EU laws on supposed refugees have been ignored (the Dublin accord). Refugees are supposed to be processed at the place of arrival in the EU. Instead they have been funnelled either towards Northern France where they are not wanted, or Germany where they have until now, been welcomed. The consequence of this is that the EU is now threatening to fine certain countries that are refusing to take an allocated amount of this influx.

Ireland and the United Kingdom could probably easily work out a border deal, but for the EU, which wants to impose its rules on the situation rather than take a common sense approach which would foster peace and security, and encourage trade.