Briefing Papers

The UK referendum on continued membership of the EU will take place on 23rd June 2016. One of the key issues imbedded in the referendum is the UK’s intention to limit the free movement of people, one of the EU’s four principal freedoms, together with the free movement of goods, services and capital. With the […]

CCBS provided a policy seminar on “The Potential Implications of Brexit for Cross-Border Bodies”, held in Dublin on 28 April 2016. Gathering members of the Advisory Board of SafeFood, as well as stakeholders of cross-border implementation bodies, the seminar examined the extent to which policy and regulatory divergence between the two jurisdictions on the island […]

By the end of 2017 (but perhaps as early as June 2016) the people of the United Kingdom will have voted in a referendum that will decide whether the UK remains a member of the European Union. Given the importance of what is at stake and the range of complex issues the referendum raises, the […]

For cross-border workers the country of employment usually pays Family Benefits even if the family reside in another EU state. This EU legislation applies to many families living in the Irish border region. How the EU legislation is implemented by the Irish and UK authorities frequently results in excessive delays in payments and as a […]

More than one third of EU citizens live in cross-border regions. For many individuals crossing the border for work, to visit family, to shop, for leisure, to study or to retire is a natural occurrence. Despite efforts from the EU to protect the right to free movement there remain many well documented obstacles to cross-border mobility […]

The foundation of the European Community in 1957 established the right to free movement between member states. These rights are enshrined in Article 45 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the Europe Union although their practical application at national level can sometimes hinder rather than encourage cross-border mobility. The most frequent issues identified are […]

Considering the fact that Ireland is a small island which shares a common language and two intimately comparable education systems, it would be natural to assume that large numbers of students from each jurisdiction would cross the border each year to study. This briefing paper examines the impact of barriers to student mobility on the […]