A beautiful dream destroyed
Jennifer Rankin, Stephen Burgen, Kate Connolly and Kim Willsher
Sat 7 Sep 2019 00.00 EDT
If Brexit ends in no deal, many British people who live in the EU will become foreigners overnight – “third-country nationals” in legal language.
There is no EU equivalent of settled status for the 1.3 million British citizens in EU27 countries, although the European commission has urged EU governments to “take a generous approach” to securing their rights in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
Many countries have announced plans to guarantee British nationals’ residence rights in the event of the UK crashing out. But questions would remain about qualifications, pensions and long-term status.
For many Britons in the EU27, this is why the prospect of no deal is deeply worrying, adding to a sense of anger and frustration that they have been forgotten ...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/07/britons-in-eu-no-deal-brexit