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January 17, 2020 / 6:58 AM / Updated 13 hours ago
UK will not automatically deport EU nationals after Brexit: Verhofstadt

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will not automatically deport European Union citizens who have not applied for the right to remain in the country after Brexit, European Parliament Brexit coordinator Guy Verhofstadt said on Friday.

Verhofstadt, who met with British ministers including Brexit minister Stephen Barclay on Thursday, said he had been reassured there would be a grace period for those who have not applied for Britain’s “settled status” scheme by the June 2021 deadline.

“What will happen for those people even after the grace period? Well there will be no automatic deportation,” Verhofstadt told BBC Radio.

Read more at:  https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-citizens-idUSKBN1ZG1H8

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Re: UK will not automatically deport EU nationals after Brexit: Verhofstadt
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2020, 01:27:59 am »
Anybody told Boris Johnson about this yet?
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