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| EU citizens 'left in limbo', says Vote Leave MP Gisela Stuart | EU citizens 'left in limbo', says Vote Leave MP Gisela Stuart |
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| Leading Vote Leave figure Gisela Stuart says EU citizens in the UK have been "left in limbo" since the referendum. | Leading Vote Leave figure Gisela Stuart says EU citizens in the UK have been "left in limbo" since the referendum. |
| The Labour MP will head a research project on how to protect their rights after the UK leaves the EU. | The Labour MP will head a research project on how to protect their rights after the UK leaves the EU. |
| The cross-party inquiry, for centre-left think tank British Future, will examine what kind of legal status could be granted to EU citizens in the UK. | The cross-party inquiry, for centre-left think tank British Future, will examine what kind of legal status could be granted to EU citizens in the UK. |
| Ministers have indicated they want to protect EU citizens' status - as long as a reciprocal deal can be negotiated. | |
| But MPs from all parties have attacked the government's stance, saying people "are not bargaining chips". | But MPs from all parties have attacked the government's stance, saying people "are not bargaining chips". |
| Romanians in UK left anxious by Brexit vote | Romanians in UK left anxious by Brexit vote |
| Brexit: All you need to know | Brexit: All you need to know |
| Ms Stuart, former co-chair of the Vote Leave campaign, said the government should make clear "soon" that EU citizens in the UK - about three million people - will be allowed to stay after Brexit. | Ms Stuart, former co-chair of the Vote Leave campaign, said the government should make clear "soon" that EU citizens in the UK - about three million people - will be allowed to stay after Brexit. |
| "There is wide agreement, among the public, politicians and business, that EU citizens are welcome here and that the government should make clear they can stay," she said. | "There is wide agreement, among the public, politicians and business, that EU citizens are welcome here and that the government should make clear they can stay," she said. |
| "This is the right thing to do and what the Leave campaign promised all along." | "This is the right thing to do and what the Leave campaign promised all along." |
| 'Practical questions' | 'Practical questions' |
| She said she was "confident" the government would guarantee EU nationals status, after which "a whole series of practical questions that need to be answered". | She said she was "confident" the government would guarantee EU nationals status, after which "a whole series of practical questions that need to be answered". |
| "What legal status people will people have? How do they prove eligibility to stay? When is the cut-off date and how do we manage any possible migration surge ahead of it?" | "What legal status people will people have? How do they prove eligibility to stay? When is the cut-off date and how do we manage any possible migration surge ahead of it?" |
| The inquiry, which will publish its report in the autumn, will also look at what healthcare and welfare rights would be afforded to EU citizens in the UK. | The inquiry, which will publish its report in the autumn, will also look at what healthcare and welfare rights would be afforded to EU citizens in the UK. |
| Also on the inquiry panel are Conservative MP Suella Fernandes, former UKIP deputy chairman Suzanne Evans, Labour MP Kate Green, editor of The Spectator magazine Fraser Nelson, Seamus Nevin of the Institute of Directors, Owen Tudor from trade union TUC, Professor Steve Peers from the University of Essex, and Sunder Katwala from British Future. | Also on the inquiry panel are Conservative MP Suella Fernandes, former UKIP deputy chairman Suzanne Evans, Labour MP Kate Green, editor of The Spectator magazine Fraser Nelson, Seamus Nevin of the Institute of Directors, Owen Tudor from trade union TUC, Professor Steve Peers from the University of Essex, and Sunder Katwala from British Future. |
| David Davis, who was appointed Brexit secretary by new Prime Minister Theresa May to oversee the negotiations on the UK's exit from the European Union, has said he wants to secure a "generous settlement" for both EU nationals in the UK, and British citizens abroad. | David Davis, who was appointed Brexit secretary by new Prime Minister Theresa May to oversee the negotiations on the UK's exit from the European Union, has said he wants to secure a "generous settlement" for both EU nationals in the UK, and British citizens abroad. |
| 'Uncertainty' | 'Uncertainty' |
| Ministers have said it would be "unwise" to fully "guarantee" EU citizens' rights without a deal for Britons abroad. | Ministers have said it would be "unwise" to fully "guarantee" EU citizens' rights without a deal for Britons abroad. |
| MPs from all sides have previously attacked this lack of certainty, including Labour's shadow home secretary Andy Burnham, who said "uncertainty hanging over [EU nationals'] right to be here is tantamount to undermining family life in our country". | MPs from all sides have previously attacked this lack of certainty, including Labour's shadow home secretary Andy Burnham, who said "uncertainty hanging over [EU nationals'] right to be here is tantamount to undermining family life in our country". |
| A top civil servant at the Home Office, Mark Sedwill, has said EU nationals with a right to permanent residence can stay in the UK after it leaves the EU and enjoy the same rights. | A top civil servant at the Home Office, Mark Sedwill, has said EU nationals with a right to permanent residence can stay in the UK after it leaves the EU and enjoy the same rights. |
| The rights of those granted residence after five years were "quite clear" in law and it amounted to a guarantee of their future status, he said. | The rights of those granted residence after five years were "quite clear" in law and it amounted to a guarantee of their future status, he said. |
| The rights of other EU nationals, he said, were subject to negotiations on Brexit and the "will of Parliament". | The rights of other EU nationals, he said, were subject to negotiations on Brexit and the "will of Parliament". |