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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has traveled to Brussels on Wednesday in order to hold meetings with European Commission Pres. Ursula von der Leyen, European Council Pres. Charles Michel, and European Parliament Pres. Roberta  Metsola.

Reuters

The Prime Minister's office has stated in a press release that the trip was to "move beyond Brexit" and agree to a "broad based security pact" including trade and border protection. The statement also claimed the UK will not return to the single market, the customs union, or return to freedom of movement.

It has been reported von der Leyen is seeking an agreement with the UK on a youth mobility scheme for under 30s, a policy that has previously been rejected by Starmer.

The Telegraph

It has also been claimed that the European Commission President will seek to begin talks on extending European access to British waters for fishing, which is set to expire in 2026, and a UK-EU migration deal allowing the UK to reject small boat migrants in return for agreeing an annual quota of accepted asylum seekers via a legal route.

The Times

Last week, both German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and former French interior minister Gérald Darmanin claimed Brexit had "seriously affected the coherence of migration policies" and called for an EU-UK agreement in a letter to the European Commission.

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