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The number of British people granted Irish citizenship has soared almost 1,200% since the UK voted to leave the European Union in 2016, the Irish Times said, citing government figures.
Film-maker David Puttnam, who became an Irish citizen last week, says UK is no longer ‘the country I was born into’.
Report released on sixth anniversary of referendum finds ‘significant and mostly negative’ feelings about EU withdrawal. / “I cried. I had to go to work. I felt betrayed, unheard, uncared-for, left to wonder about my life in the UK and what had been the point.”
British politicians are seeking dual Irish citizenship in the wake of the Brexit vote.
The Court of Justice of the European Union has confirmed that UK citizens no longer possess EU citizenship after it was asked to rule on the topic by a British woman living in France.
After Brexit, British nationals living in EU cannot participate in local elections: Court
09/06/2022
This is consequence of UK's sole sovereign decision to withdraw from EU, says bloc's top court.
The European Union’s top court says British citizens living in the 27 EU member countries have no right to vote or stand for office in the bloc unless they have obtained a European nationality.
After Brexit betrayal, British-born comic takes first vote as a Frenchman seriously (mostly)
10/03/2022
Stand-up comic Ian Moore was living the Platonic ideal of a European life – travelling from the pastoral calm of his family home in rural France to weekly gigs in Britain – when the Brexit bombshell landed.
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.
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.
Ireland’s deputy prime minister Leo Varadkar said the Irish will "absolutely be making their views known" on the matter.
The government’s attack on the Human Rights Act is a betrayal of those Conservatives who helped create it.
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.
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.
Dame Hilary Mantel has said she is intending to take Irish citizenship to “become a European again” and escape the “shame” of living under the current government.
“Politicians obscure exclusionary ideologies and policies behind inclusionary rhetoric that highlights the ‘value’ of migrant ‘contributions’," a doctoral researcher said.
More than 14,000 UK citizens living in Germany took up citizenship in 2019, accounting for 23 per cent of those eligible.
‘In Limbo’ author reveals why the government’s Settlement Scheme and citizenship process could cause a scandal 'like Windrush'.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Irishman – son of late John le Carré reveals author took Irish citizenship following Brexit saga
01/04/2021
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.
Author John le Carré ‘died an Irish citizen’ after securing citizenship due to Brexit ‘catastrophe’
03/04/2021
John le Carré, the novelist behind spy thrillers such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Night Manager, claimed Irish citizenship just before he died, his son has revealed.
One year on, what has become of the UK government’s promise that it would not make citizens pay the price of Brexit, asks Else Kvist.
New rules come into force today that mean all Irish and British citizens born in Northern Ireland will be treated as EU citizens for immigration purposes.
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.