No Guarantee of rights of EU citizens in UK Unless Britons in Europe get similar Guarantee
United Kingdom, 17th January: UK immigration lawyers say No Guarantee of rights of EU citizens in UK if the rights of nearly 1.2 million Britons in EU are not protected.
Theresa: No Guarantee of rights of EU citizens in UK- Europe to guarantee rights of Britons for UK to get Guarantee of rights of EU Citizens in UK
UK Prime Minister Theresa May is all set to seek clean Brexit from EU. The UK Home Office has stated quite a couple of times that it is unable to guarantee the right of EU citizens until and unless Europe guarantees the rights of nearly 1.2 million Britons in Europe.
Nightmare for EU citizens
EU citizens fear their lives could get really difficult with
- -their bank account closed,
- rental contracts revoked and
- jobs terminated.
This is likely to happen if the present rights of EU citizens to stay in the UK do not get guaranteed after Brexit. This is a warning from one of the leading immigration lawyer.
Theresa May will confirm UK exit from EU single market with control over immigration and removal of Britain from jurisdiction of EU court of justice as being top priorities.
A partner with specialization in immigration at London law firm named Kingsley Napley, Andrew Tingley states the scenario will be nothing less than a nightmare for EU citizens in the UK. It will happen if the UK government takes a decision that those settled in the nation before the referendum don’t have any right to live when the UK exits the EU.
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Already, there are unending woes being faced by the non-EU citizens wanting to get the right of permanent residency in the UK. The environment is hostile for such non-EU citizens.
May to seek clean Brexit from EU
Today, May will be seeking clean Brexit from EU. She will be declaring that the UK needs a clean break from the EU(European Union). She will lay bare all her plans for what is being termed as divorce.
As per Theresa May UK does not need ‘partial membership’ in the EU or anything that leaves the UK half-in, half-out. She will be delivering the address to a group of officials and diplomats in London.
EU Leaders insist UK cannot introduce restrictions on EU Nationals
She has been asserting a couple of times that UK needs to control immigration. On the other hand, EU leaders have been urging that the UK cannot introduce restrictions on EU nationals for living and working in the UK. They want an unlimited access to the EU market.