May 19 (UPI) -- Britain and the European Union will sign off on a new security and trade deal Monday at their first summit since Brexit, allowing access to European security databases and defense contracts and food producers to export more easily to EU markets in return for continued access to British fishing grounds, as well as easing travel restrictions.
British Prime Minister and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's "reset" summit -- so-called because it puts Britain's relations with the 27-member-country European political and economic bloc on a fresh footing after an acrimonious 2020 divorce -- comes amid a dramatically different world with the looming threat from Russia and the reerecting of barriers to free trade.
The EU has also agreed to help Britain in its efforts to secure its borders from the more than 12,400 migrants who arrived on its shores, mostly in small boats from northern France, so far this year.
In return, Britain agreed to a youth mobility scheme allowing young adults from the EU to work and study in Britain and vice versa, subject to final negotiations, while entry at EU ports, airports and land borders will be streamlined for British passport holders.
