After being released from prison, Mr Malkinson said he'd hoped to become a Dutch citizen, but Brexit had made it virtually impossible.

A group of lawyers and interested citizens have now come together to bring a case to the Court of Justice of the European Union to confirm that EU Citizenship is a Permanent Status.

One morning, after years and even decades, you suddenly feel unwelcome, unwanted, betrayed. Your certainties, your life and your security are gone. Your sense of identity too. Through no fault of your own, you are stuck in a painful limbo.

Fearful, uncertain, angry, ashamed. Betrayed, bereft, unsettled, abandoned. Collateral damage, high and dry. Cast adrift, torn asunder. For many UK citizens who have built homes, families and lives in Europe, these words express how they have felt since the EU referendum upturned their lives.

10th Report of Session 2016-17 - published 14 December 2016 - HL Paper 82

“Politicians obscure exclusionary ideologies and policies behind inclusionary rhetoric that highlights the ‘value’ of migrant ‘contributions’," a doctoral researcher said.

Underrepresented and alienated, the reality of Britons in Europe post-Brexit is far from appealing.

There was a 30 per cent rise in people handing over their British passports in 2021.

"Europe is strewn with the remains of people who were unlucky enough to be born at the time when freedom of movement was a matter of life and death."

Brexit horror stories – like the ex-mayor of Ipswich denied citizenship – remind me why we’ve returned to the Netherlands.

Thousands of Britons have applied for citizenship elsewhere since the Brexit vote. Here, Guardian readers across Europe explain why they made the decision.

Strategy report setting out the big future challenges for the EU – and Scotland’s contribution to that European future

It’s a cruel side-effect of Brexit that the people of Northern Ireland are being forced to be ‘British’ – as if the Good Friday agreement means nothing. / The Good Friday agreement is widely revered as a model of peace and celebrated worldwide. Yet the Home Office has openly disregarded the agreement, and is actively seeking to undermine its very foundation.

How far would you go to protect your freedom of movement and EU citizenship rights? Many British citizens have taken the difficult decision to become citizens of an EU country. Here are personal stories how and why they remained European.

Thousands of British citizens may be waiting for family permits to be able to move to the UK, but the Home Office reportedly rejected freedom of information requests and parliamentary questions on data from the former Brexit select committee chair, Hilary Benn.

JOHN LE CARRÉ, the novelist, appeared to be the quintessential Englishman - but his son Nicholas has revealed his father died an Irishman, both legally and emotionally.

Carol and Lahsen Karmoud have been in relationship since 2016, and married in 2019, but have faced two years of issues to be able to live in the UK - and fear time may be running out.

A FAMILY with settled status in the UK has told how confusion over post-Brexit immigration rules left them struggling to return to their home in Scotland after a Christmas break.

Brexit is not done for many British-European families, even two and a half years after the UK left the European Union.

‘In Limbo’ author reveals why the government’s Settlement Scheme and citizenship process could cause a scandal 'like Windrush'.

This Communication explains the measures that the Commission adopted today, 19 December 2018, in response to that call, together with other crucial steps in the implementation of its Contingency Action Plan.

After 35 years of living and working in Scotland, Karin is worried about her citizenship after Brexit.

In 11 key policy areas, POLITICO reporters look ahead to March 30, 2019.

Identity has always been an issue in Northern Ireland that requires delicate handling. The 1998 Good Friday Agreement helped to smooth things over, by giving people the opportunity to identify as British, Irish or both. But Brexit makes that much more complicated again.