Brexit will make extradition of criminals more difficult

Daily Rzeczpospolita reports that there is a threat that after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union on March 29, 2019, the provisions on the European Arrest Warrant will no longer apply to that country. Opinions of lawyers in this matter are divided. The British Institute for Government (IFG) has also warned that Brexit without a new, comprehensive cooperation agreement in the field of justice and home affairs can significantly affect the extradition of criminals, including to Poland. In 2017, according to the EAW, the majority of criminals were brought back to Poland from the UK (622), Germany (394), the Netherlands (93) and France (54). In turn, Poland had most often extradited detainees to Germany (142), the UK, Italy and Belgium.