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Brexit would only bring 'low' cost to British national security, says former head of MI6

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Leaving the EU would bring only a “low” cost to Britain in terms of national security, according to Sir Richard Dearlove, the former head of MI6. Writing in “Prospect” magazine, the former intelligence chief said: “Brexit would bring two potentially important security gains: the ability to dump the European Convention on Human Rights—remember the difficulty of extraditing the extremist Abu Hamza of the Finsbury Park Mosque—and, more importantly, greater control over immigration from the EU.” Sir Richard argued: “Britain is Europe’s leader in intelligence and security matters and gives much more than it gets in return. If a security source in Germany learns that a terrorist attack is being planned in London, Germany’s domestic intelligence service is certainly not going to withhold the intelligence from MI5 simply because the UK is not an EU member.” Yesterday the two sides in the EU referendum clashed over the Brussels terrorist attacks. After the referendum, when it’s too late to change direction, and we see blood on British streets again?” Replying for Britain in Stronger in Europe, the Labour MP Dan Jarvis said: “These comments are appalling.

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