Migration

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 12:46 pm on 16 September 2015.

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Photo of Theresa May Theresa May The Secretary of State for the Home Department 12:46, 16 September 2015

The members of the Schengen zone are already considering how the Schengen arrangements and border code operate and whether any changes need to be made. Obviously, as my hon. Friend and other hon. Friends have hinted, some countries have been exercising the clause in the Schengen arrangements that enable them to take emergency border measures. It is right that the members work together on this issue to decide what is appropriate, and it is right that we have retained our border controls and are not part of Schengen.