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In a strongly worded letter, they wrote to the prime minister after her Florence speech to say they were not satisfied with what she had said and wanted a “lifetime” guarantee of their post-Brexit rights.
“If Michel Barnier, the European parliament and the EU27 member states see that the UK government is willing to throw us, our rights, our livelihoods and our children under the Brexit bus, they will have no confidence that it will recognise and protect the rights of the 3 million or any other post-Brexit obligations in the future,” said campaign group British in Europe, which represents 11 citizens groups across the EU.
They urge May to “stop treating citizens’ rights as a minor issue “that can be pushed aside in the headlong dash for a trade or indeed a security agreement” and plead with her to end the “platitudes” about their contribution to nationali life.
In reference to the UK’s offer, they also implore her to “please stop treating citizens’ rights as an immigration issue”. [...]