U.K. Is Safer Remaining in European Union, Former Spy Chiefs Say
- `Counter-terrorism is a team game:' Sawers and Evans
- Gove says Brexit would put borders back in U.K. hands
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The U.K. will be safer staying in the European Union, two former chiefs of the country’s security services said, before voters head to the polls next month in an in-out referendum.
Cooperation with the 27 other EU members means Britain is better placed to tackle threats ranging from Islamic State terrorism to cyber-attacks by hostile governments, former MI5 chief Jonathan Evans and the former head of MI6 John Sawers said in a commentary in the Sunday Times. MI5 is the U.K.’s domestic intelligence service, while MI6, now known as the Secret Intelligence Service, provides foreign intelligence.