Rejected petition Greater immigration ties with Commonwealth countries in particular Australia.

It is becoming increasingly harder for our colonial cousins in countries such as Australia, New Zealand and Canada to attain working Visa's in the UK and visa versa. We propose a new Schengen 'type' Agreement to allow greater integration between our countries.

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We are not suggesting a withdrawal from the EU however Britain could gain from strengthened ties with other culturally similar countries. Many qualifications transfer including nursing qualifications of which the NHS are in dire need of at the moment. Our intelligence networks are already joined in the Five Eyes alliance where our intel is shared between the UK, Australia, USA, Canada and New Zealand. This agreement shows the confidence in each participating countries security measures.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/111747

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Date submitted 13 December 2015
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