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There are over 2.5m BRITISH people living in countries of the EU-27. Many of them were denied a vote in the EU referendum.
Britons dismayed by the loss of their European Union citizenship next year as a result of Brexit will have their complaints reviewed by the EU’s top court following a ruling by a Dutch judge on Wednesday.
British in Europe is the largest coalition group of British citizens living and working in Europe. With representation across the whole continent, we actively campaign for the rights of UK citizens in the EU and support EU citizens in the UK.
Brexpats - Hear Our Voice, (BHOV), is a pro-EU group, campaigning for the preservation of rights of British nationals in the EU. We also support EU citizens in the UK.
Any British national with right to live in the Netherlands on 29 March can continue to live there
European Union Committee Brexit: acquired rights - Chapter 6: The protection of EU rights as acquired rights
"The evidence we received makes very clear that the doctrine of acquired rights under public international law will provide little, if any, effective protection for former EU rights once the UK withdraws from the EU." - Conclusion to Ch. 6
Does the 1969 Vienna Convention help?
24/03/2016
It has been claimed that the 1969 Vienna Convention would protect ‘acquired rights’ for estimated half a million Britons in France - but can this be relied on?
EU citizens in UK face Brexit uncertainty
15/05/2016
Government’s home affairs spokesman in Lords suggests it is unclear how EU citizens’ immigration status would be affected by vote to leave.
10th Report of Session 2016-17 - published 14 December 2016 - HL Paper 82
Up to 1 million British people living in the EU may have to take new driving tests after a no-deal Brexit if they do not exchange their UK licence for a European one before 29 March, the government has said.
Foreign Office advises British people living in EU to give up their UK driving licences to prepare for Brexit
22/01/2019
Embassies suggest people exchange British licences for local version before deadline.
Home Office says in letter that it cannot give unilateral assurances until status of Britons in other EU countries is protected.
There are more than 116,470 British people living in Germany. Many of them have put roots down here, others are working, some are studying or travelling. All of them are affected by Brexit. We listened to their stories.
British nationals who have retired to EU countries including Spain and France will no longer have their healthcare covered by the NHS in the event of no Brexit deal, the government has said.
Campaigners are concerned UK nationals may need insurance to remain in some countries
Residency, work and healthcare rights would be ‘in pieces’ for years, says senior EU official.
Her [Theresa May's] plans for EU citizens in a no-deal Brexit scenario has been criticised by Alberto Costa, a loyalist MP who works as a parliamentary private secretary for David Mundell, the Scottish secretary. Mr Costa will table a motion to protect the right of three million EU citizens in the UK and one million UK citizens in the event of no deal.
The amendment tabled on Tuesday morning by the Tory backbencher Alberto Costa seeks to ringfence the rights of all British nationals settled in the EU as well as EU citizens in the UK, regardless of the outcome of the Brexit negotiations.
Spain is poised to approve a new law containing contingency plans in the event that Britain crashes out of the European Union on March 29th without ratifying the Withdrawal Agreement.
Scots expats are worried about their right to stay there, their careers and a lack of information.
A ruling by the European Court of Justice on the Dutch nationality law raises new hopes for British residents in the European Union who wish to remain EU citizens after Brexit, legal experts say.
Brits abroad and EU citizens could be stripped of their voting rights in local elections if we can't secure a deal.
Britons living in the EU who return to the UK after Brexit will be able to bring non-British family members until the end of March 2022.
A leaked EU document lays bare for the first time the differences in how British nationals will be treated by the bloc’s member states after a no-deal Brexit, with two countries emphasising that requests to stay could be rejected on public order and security grounds.