Please table this motion for agreement at your local Labour Party and let us know if you are successful in securing support for it.

You can find a background briefing on this issue here to use when speaking to this motion.

Draft Youth Mobility CLP Motion

This Branch/ CLP notes that:

• Leaving the European Union has reduced opportunities for the UK’s young people, limiting their career prospects, and educational choices.
• The UK currently has youth mobility schemes with Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Korea, Andorra, Iceland, Japan, Monaco, San Marino, Uruguay, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
• Youth mobility schemes differ from freedom of movement, as they set out strict limits on those who participate on how long they can stay in a country and what they can do whilst there.
• The European Union is clear a youth mobility scheme is something they wish to pursue with the UK.

This Branch/ CLP believes that:

• The principle of a youth mobility scheme aligns with existing Labour policy, offering a balanced approach to controlled migration, skill-sharing, and international cooperation.
• The Labour Party should support a Youth Mobility Scheme with the European Union as part of resetting our relationship with the European Union following Brexit.

Therefore, this Branch/CLP resolves:

• To write to our local Labour elected representatives and ask them to publicly show their support for negotiating a Youth Mobility Scheme with the EU.
• To write to the Prime Minister to ask that the UK to negotiate a Youth Mobility Scheme with the EU.
• To join the Labour Movement for Europe campaign for a Youth Mobility Scheme with the EU.