How to protect 4.5m people from becoming Brexit bargaining chips

UK govt is comparatively vague on the subject, leading to legal uncertainty ahead for EU & UK people

Both the EU and the UK have repeatedly stated that they want to secure the rights of the 3m EU citizens in the UK and the 1.5m British citizens in the EU as they negotiate their separation.

 

But those rights have still not been secured and these 4.5m people still face dramatic legal uncertainty. They have no guarantee they will have a right to stay in the country they’ve chosen to live in. Beyond that, they don’t know if they’ll be able to have health cover, work or even keep their families together.

In its Brexit negotiation guidelines, the