The UK and European Union have announced plans to develop a new “youth experience scheme”, as part of broader efforts to rebuild post-Brexit cooperation in areas such as trade, security and people-to-people exchange.
Although full details of the youth scheme have yet to be finalised, both sides have confirmed their intention to negotiate a formal arrangement that would give young people opportunities to live, work, travel, study or volunteer in each other’s countries for a limited period of time.
For UK employers, the scheme could offer some welcome relief, as many brace for tighter restrictions on overseas recruitment following last week’s White Paper. The government’s proposed limits on hiring foreign nationals have frustrated businesses across multiple sectors, making a managed youth mobility route a potentially valuable exception.
