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Negotiate a Youth Mobility Scheme with the EU
Since the UK left the EU, routes for mobility between the UK and our closest neighbours and allies have disappeared.
That’s why we propose a reciprocal youth mobility scheme between the UK and EU for 18-35 year olds for a period of up to 5 years.
What do we recommend?
Best for Britain supports the independent UK Trade and Business Commission’s 114 recommendations to the UK Government – current and future – which are intended to boost the UK’s trading relationships around the world, including:
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The UK should negotiate bilateral and reciprocal youth mobility visa schemes with individual EU Member States. These schemes would allow young people between the ages of 18 and 35 to travel and work in both the UK and EU member states for up to five years.
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The UK should review the uptake and implementation of the visa scheme on an annual basis, evaluating the number of young people taking up the scheme and identifying any trends or patterns in the types of industries or sectors they are working in.
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The review should identify any barriers to the uptake of the visa scheme, such as high fees or health levies, and take steps to address these barriers.
Contact your MP to encourage the government to make this happen.
This campaign has now ended
The UK Government and EU Commission have committed to negotiating a reciprocal Youth Mobility Scheme that would allow a set number of young Europeans to work and travel in the UK for up to three years with young British people able to travel and work in the EU in return.
A reciprocal EU-UK Youth Mobility Scheme was first proposed by Best for Britain's cross-party UK trade and Business Commission in their landmark report published in May 2023. Almost 10,000 people have contacted their MPs about Youth Mobility and the other recommendations made in the report.
Since then, Best for Britain has campaigned for such a scheme with Best for Britain polling in 2023 and 2024 showing a strong majority of the British public back the policy as part of a common sense deal with the EU.
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