Failing to reach deal UK would lose access to Schengen database and would need to resort to time-consuming workarounds
A former national security adviser has warned that Britons would be “all less safe” in the event of a no-deal Brexit, as the UK will lose real-time access to a string of European crime databases which cannot easily be replaced.
Lord Ricketts said British police face “a serious capability gap” from the end of the year unless the EU and UK can strike a trade and security deal because “the fallbacks are all slower and more clunky”.
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