UK politics live: Tories accuse Burnham of being ‘dangerous and divisive’ after he confirms Russian interference in Brexit campaign
UK Labour politician Andy Burnham acknowledged that Brexit resulted in the loss of access to critical EU databases like Eurodac, hindering the UK's ability to manage immigration and track criminals. He expressed a desire to negotiate new data-sharing arrangements at an upcoming summit.
Why it matters
The admission underscores the practical, operational challenges the UK faces post-Brexit regarding border control and security cooperation with the European Union.
Lisa O’Carroll is a senior Guardian correspondent covering post-Brexit issues.
Labour’s Stella Creasy asked Burnham if he accepted that it was harder for the UK to control its borders because, after Brexit, it lost access to the Eurodac database, which contains biometric data about asylum seekers. Burnham accepted this was a big problem.
double quotation mark We are in a weaker position when it comes to controlling immigration than we were, just over 10 years ago.
It is really important as we go into this next phase that all sides of the house support the British position when we go towards this negotiation.
Is any member of this house truly saying to me this afternoon that they do not want to have access again to that European immigration information?
If they are saying that they need to be honest about it.
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