Ministers must decide as a matter of urgency how to maintain maximum UK involvement in EU anti-terrorism, intelligence and security policies after recent events in Germany, France and Belgium, the chairman of the home affairs select committee has said. The prime minister, Theresa May, stressed in a speech before the referendum that the UK was safer as a member of the EU because of EU cooperation in tracking down terrorists and international criminals. The police will soon be able to check DNA records for EU nationals in just 15 minutes. On UK participation in the European arrest warrant, May said: “It has been used to get terror suspects out of the country and bring terrorists back here to face justice. Checks such as these mean we have been able to deport more than 3,000 European nationals who posed a threat to the public.

Source: The Guardian July 23, 2016 18:54 UTC