Scotland-England Border Checks Necessary If Edinburgh Stays in EU After Brexit

Border controls should be introduced between Scotland and England if Edinburgh stays in the European Union after London's exit from the bloc, the Scottish National Party's (SNP) senior lawmaker Tommy Sheppard told Sputnik on Monday.

EDINBURGH (Sputnik) — He added that border checks should be as easy as possible and should not be more exhausting than the ones carried out in airports.

"We don’t need to build a wall. In that hypothetical situation where England definitively leaves the EU and Scotland definitely stays in then yes, there will have to be a passport check at the Scotland/England border," Sheppard said.

The Scottish government has been looking for ways to secure the nation’s place in the European Union after the June 23 UK nationwide referendum, in which 51.9 percent of UK voters supported the country withdrawing from the European Union.

In Scotland and Northern Ireland the majority of voters backed retaining membership of the 28-nation bloc.