Thread by @StevePeers

1/ Ah, "you just have to fill out a form". Against stiff competition, the stupidest Brexity trope. For a start, UK students moving to EU countries to study would no longer have the right to equal treatment in tuition fees or conditions of access to education.

2/ There's EU law on admission of non-EU students. Of course *some* UK students would still study in the EU; the issue is whether the terms are the same. They're not. Apart from tuition fees, work by non-EU students can be restricted. (Note the impact on less well-off students)

3/ The possibility of non-EU students staying to work *after* graduation is also more restricted as compared to EU membership. (Nothing at all on *dropping out* and starting work, as an EU student can do).

4/ In principle, applications have to be made outside the country or while already a resident. A fee for the application may be charged. Unlike EU students, there's no right of family reunion for spouse and kids; that's up to national law.

5/ The "just fill out a form" trope is applied to migration of UK citizens in general. These folks actually believe their own falsehoods about uncontrolled immigration. If this is true, why are irregular migrants detained and expelled? Why do thousands drown in the Mediterranean?

6/ Again: of course some UK citizens after Brexit will be allowed to move to the EU, just as some are allowed to move to non-EU countries. But it won't be on the same terms, meaning it will be harder or impossible for some in practice.

7/ Feel free to use this thread to reply to the "fill out a form" trope if you see it.

The EU law on non-EU students: eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2016/8…

My comments on the law: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-ne…

(Ireland and Denmark opted out) //