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Brexit: Details of offer to EU citizens to be published Theresa May sets out post-Brexit offer on EU citizens
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EU nationals living in the UK will get more detail later of what rights they can expect to have after Brexit. Theresa May has said she wants EU citizens living in the UK to stay after Brexit as she announced plans designed to put their "anxiety to rest".
A 15-page document outlining plans for EU citizens to be granted "settled status" will be published as Theresa May addresses MPs on EU matters. All EU nationals living in the UK lawfully for at least five years will be granted "settled status" and be able to bring over spouses and children.
Ministers have sought to reassure the 3.2m residents they will "effectively" have the same rights as UK citizens. Those who come after an as-yet-agreed cut-off point will be given two years to "regularise their status".
But EU leaders have warned against people being treated differently depending on when they moved to the UK. Jeremy Corbyn said the offer was "not generous" and "too little, too late".
Both sides have said they want an early agreement on the issue which also gives certainty to the 1.2 million British expats living on the continent after the UK leaves the EU - expected to be on 29 March 2019. Labour said the UK should have made a unilateral guarantee of security to EU citizens in the aftermath of last year's Brexit vote.
However, both sides have resisted offering any unilateral guarantees, saying they want a reciprocal deal. A 15-page document outlining the detail of the UK's offer to EU citizens has been published as Theresa May addresses MPs on the outcome of Friday's EU summit - at which she first set out her plans.
The PM sketched out the principles of her offer to EU nationals at Friday's EU leaders' summit, saying she wanted to give certainty to all those who had "made their lives and homes" in the UK. She told the Commons that she wanted to give reassurance and certainty to the 3.2 million EU citizens in the UK who she said were an "integral part of the economic and cultural fabric" of the UK.
She is expected to give more detail when she updates MPs about the summit in the House of Commons as 14:30 BST. But she said any deal on their future legal status and rights must be reciprocal and also give certainty to the 1.2 million British expats living on the continent after the UK leaves the EU - expected to be on 29 March 2019.
Under the outline plan, all those who have lived lawfully in the UK for at least five years would be able to stay and could expect roughly the same benefits, in terms of access to pensions, welfare and healthcare, as UK citizens. The key points of the UK's proposals are:
It is understood those who have not yet reached five years would be entitled to stay on until they reach the threshold for settled status while those arriving after an as-yet-unspecified cut-off date would be given a "grace period" - expected to be two years - to get a work permit or return to their home countries. Under the plan, all those who have lived lawfully in the UK for at least five years would be able to stay and could expect roughly the same benefits, in terms of access to pensions, welfare and healthcare, as UK citizens.
Ministers have not confirmed the exact cut-off date for eligibility but indicated that it would fall somewhere between March 29 2017, when the UK triggered Article 50, and Britain's actual leaving date. Mrs May said the application process would be simplified and a "light touch" approach adopted. The existing application process for permanent residency process involves filling out a 85-page form and has been widely criticised.
'Long way to go' Huge challenge
Other outstanding issues include whether settled status will be extended to spouses, children and other family members currently living outside the UK and who will police the new rules. The government says British courts should be sovereign but the EU says the European Court of Justice should be involved. By BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw
Speaking on Sunday, Brexit Secretary David Davis rejected suggestions that EU nationals would become second-class citizens. Officials anticipate that the process of administering "settled status" will be a huge challenge, with some 3.2 million potential applications.
He insisted he did not expect any EU nationals to be deported unless they had committed a crime, or security issues were involved. Those EU nationals who've been assigned residency cards already will have to apply again under the new system, though the process for them is expected to be "streamlined".
"They get the same residence rights, the same employment rights, the same health rights, the same welfare rights, the same pensions rights and so on, almost the equivalent to British citizens. The only thing they don't get is the right to vote," he told the BBC. It's thought applications for settled status will start to be processed from mid-2018.
He also said the government was seeking to continue the European Health Insurance Card initiative that ensures free medical care across the EU. Officials say they intend to put in place a new, online, simplified system - but say they are used to dealing with large volumes of applications - 2.5 million visas each year and seven million passports.
EU leaders, who want their citizens to enjoy the same rights as now in perpetuity, reacted cautiously to the UK's initial plans on Friday. Criminal record checks will be carried out on those who apply for settled status, just as they are now for those who apply for residency cards.
Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, suggested they were "below our expectations" while German Chancellor Angela Merkel said they were not a breakthrough and there was a "long way to go". Mrs May said spouses, children and other family members currently living outside the UK would be able to return and apply for settled status on the same basis as the dependents of British citizens and suggested there would be no income barriers for those who relatives have been here for more than five years.
She also insisted the UK should police the new rules rather than European Court of Justice.
EU leaders, who want their citizens to enjoy the same rights as now in perpetuity, have reacted cautiously to the UK's plans, describing them as "below expectations" and suggesting there was a "long way to go".
Campaign groups representing EU nationals in the UK also said they were disappointed and wanted a lot more detail.Campaign groups representing EU nationals in the UK also said they were disappointed and wanted a lot more detail.
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