The British government has been accused of failing to protect the rights of British and EU citizens in the event of a no-deal Brexit, as Michel Barnier reiterated that he would not renegotiate the agreement currently on the table.

Concerns raised over passport recognition, data sharing and ability to use it abroad. / Home Office efforts to launch a phone app for EU nationals registering to stay in Britain have been dealt a blow after complaints that the passport recognition function does not work on all phones.

Irish citizens in Northern Ireland could become “second class citizens” post-Brexit, a Belfast-based human rights organisation has warned.

EU will examine cases where citizens have met 'bureaucratic wall' trying to secure right to remain in UK.

Unthinkable for EU to agree to PM’s key demand on citizens’ rights, says Verhofstadt.

Sigmar Gabriel says Germany cannot ‘raise drawbridge’ on UK’s young people who want to remain EU citizens.

Residency, work and healthcare rights would be ‘in pieces’ for years, says senior EU official.

Activist calls for UK to clarify changes to law, says it creates ‘two tiers of Irish citizens’. / The UK government is under pressure to clarify immigration rules that human rights activists say undermine the rights of Northern Ireland-born Irish citizens under the Belfast Agreement.

The government has said it is not carrying out a "formal review" into the post-Brexit rights of Irish citizens who were born in Northern Ireland. It follows concerns that a change in UK immigration rules could mean the loss of some rights after Brexit.

TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar has told the the British government has got it wrong in its legal battle with a CO Derry woman over in her citizenship.

Michel Barnier said in his letter to the Brexit secretary that citizens’ rights could not be picked apart from the withdrawal agreement.

Pro-EU group New Europeans which has championed a ‘European green card’ scheme to safeguard free movement rights post-Brexit is hoping for a boost after it received a prestigious European award.

The UK’s Brexit Minister has written to the EU encouraging it to agree to ‘ring-fence’ the rights of Britons living abroad in the EU and EU citizens abroad in the UK – however contrary to some reports, the EU has issued no response to this as yet.

After Britain leaves the European Union some 900 Britons serving on local councils in France will also have to give up their seat at the table. / Britons in France have the right to vote in local elections and stand for election ... But in leaving the bloc Britain will forfeit that right ... British residents will no longer be able to represent the communities some have served for years.

The number of applications for Irish passports coming from people in the UK have soared with the Brexit deadline right around the corner.

The Tánaiste has raised concerns about the "citizenship and identity provisions" of the Good Friday Agreement after a Northern Irish woman lost a challenge by the British Home Office on its ruling that she is British by birth.

A total of 6,250 people from the UK became German nationals in 2018, a rise of 950 per cent on pre-referendum numbers.

The news comes as over 140,000 people register their desire to retain EU citizenship on a specially designed website.

The British government has been ordered to pay the European commission’s legal costs after being successfully sued for granting City traders a tax break without EU permission.

Further evidence will be demanded that EU nationals have been living in the UK legally – even after settled status awarded.

Since Britain voted to leave the EU in 2016, 31,600 Britons have acquired German citizenship.

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.

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.