Brexit: What impact on Citizens’ Rights?
by Catherine MALLET
Since the Brexit vote in June 2016, the impact of the UK’s withdrawal on citizens’ rights has not been fully explored. There are more than 3 million EU citizens resident in the UK and over 1 million UK citizens residing in other EU Member States, whose rights will be directly affected by Brexit, however there is still a great deal of uncertainty about their future legal status and what the real impact of Brexit will be. ECAS, together with the EU Rights Clinic, the European Disability Forum and the New Europeans, has published a study which looks at the impact of Brexit on citizens’ rights under different scenarios compared to the rights that citizens currently enjoy whilst the UK is a full member of the EU. The study also analyses the possible repercussions of Brexit for the access of UK-based entities to EU funding streams.
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