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Use of the European Arrest Warrant has elevated steadily in the previous decade
The UK shall be kicked out of the European Arrest Warrant deal after Brexit, EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier has mentioned.
The warrant permits EU members to request the arrest and detention of criminals in different nations with out extradition talks between them.
The UK desires to remain a part of the system when it leaves the EU subsequent March.
But Mr Barnier mentioned the UK can be compelled to depart it as a result of it was a part of EU free motion preparations.
The EU would think about organising a "streamlined" extradition course of with the UK as an alternative, mentioned Mr Barnier.
His phrases are usually not more likely to go down nicely with the UK's Brexit Secretary David Davis, who earlier this month singled the European Arrest Warrant out as one of many cornerstones of post-Brexit safety co-operation with the EU.
He mentioned it had "brought dangerous people swiftly to justice" and "played a crucial role in supporting police co-operation, not least in Northern Ireland and Ireland".
But Mr Barnier mentioned "facts have consequences" and the UK's choice to depart the EU and its single market meant issues couldn't keep the way in which they have been now.
He mentioned the UK's choice to decide out of free motion guidelines and largely finish the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice "means that the UK cannot take part in the European Arrest Warrant".
He urged it might not be "fair" for the UK to maintain all the advantages of EU membership.
"They want to maintain all the benefits of the current relationship, while leaving the EU regulatory, supervision, and application framework," he mentioned.
"And they try to blame us for the consequences of their choice. Once again, we will not be drawn into this blame game. It would mean wasting time we don't have."
Mr Barnier stated that apart from the European Court of Justice the arrest warrant was additionally underpinned by the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and by the idea of EU citizenship.
He added: "Today we all know that the UK just isn't prepared to simply accept the free motion of individuals, the jurisdiction of the courtroom and the Charter of Fundamental Rightsfor the constitution, this was confirmed final week by the House of Commons.
"This means that the UK cannot take part in the European Arrest Warrant."
The EU's remaining 27 nations would proceed to share info from passenger identify information and the UK wouldn't have automated entry to EU-only police databases or these of nations in the Schengen zone, he mentioned in a speech in Vienna.
Similarly, whereas the UK can be proven evaluation executed by Europol referring to dwell felony investigations, it might not have the ability to "shape the direction" of the EU's regulation enforcement company or different EU our bodies.
Shared efforts to counter money-laundering and terrorist finance should proceed, Mr Barnier mentioned, however judicial co-operation in felony issues couldn't prolong to continued membership of the European Arrest Warrant.
Successive UK governments have remained sturdy supporters of the European Arrest Warrantwhich got here into drive in 2004regardless of calls from some Tory MPs for it to be renegotiated or reformed.
As said by the National Crime Agency, different EU members requested the arrest of 14,279 UK-based suspects in 2015-6, up from 1,865 in 2004. The UK made 241 such requests in 2015-6, resulting in 150 arrests.
Earlier this 12 months the chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland mentioned non-participation in the scheme was "probably the biggest practical vulnerability" dealing with regulation enforcement in Northern Ireland post-Brexit.
George Hamilton informed a House of Lords committee there can be "very real operational consequences if there are no alternative arrangements in place around exchange of material and people by way of a European arrest warrant".