To: D. Cameron, B. Johnson, G. Osborne, etc. the Conservative Party,
Guarantee no change in the status of UK citizens currently living/working/studying in the EU
Dear Westminster, we are UK citizens living in the EU, worried about our continued rights to live, work and study where each one is situated. Please do not abandon us in the unfolding Brexit chaos. Please insist in your negotiations—at least with the most powerful EU countries such as Germany and France—but ideally with all EU countries, to protect and GUARANTEE under the Wiener convention our continue rights to live, work, study, etc.
Why is this important?
Hundreds of thousands of UK citizens work, study, and live abroad in EU countries like Germany, France, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Poland, Austria, etc. We are amongst the millions of ordinary Britons worldwide who have truly exerted ourselves in and embraced Globalism. Those of us in neighbouring European countries have now suddenly been placed in a state of limbo and are extremely concerned about our livelihoods.
Up until this point, we had full rights to work, study, etc. We paid into the systems, where we lived, and were treated civilly, were able to acquire jobs, accommodation, etc. We do not live from the state, we have been working hard, studying, etc. and we want to continue to be able to acquire jobs, develop our skills, etc. without being bogged down by visa restrictions.
The Conservative Party’s irresponsible bow to the right-wing nationalist party (UKIP) in 2015, allowing a sudden In-Out EU-Referendum lacking a balanced campaign,* placed amongst other things the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of UK citizens at risk. We have been living in limbo since and live now in limbo due to the outcome of the EU-Referendum.
Please do not forget us, as you have consistently done in the course of the past few years. I urge you, not abandon UK citizens living in the EU. We do not want to have to live in uncertainty as 3rd rate citizens in neighbouring countries. Please guarantee our rights and our livelihoods. Please guarantee in your negotiations with individual EU-countries, that those Britons who have exercised their rights to freedom of movement, will not be met by blockages such as visa-restrictions, etc.
Yours Sincerely,
One of tens of millions of born British Citizens,
who do not want to be let down.
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* viz. the BrExit-campaign had been at this for decades, whereas Remain-campaign for no more than a few months
Up until this point, we had full rights to work, study, etc. We paid into the systems, where we lived, and were treated civilly, were able to acquire jobs, accommodation, etc. We do not live from the state, we have been working hard, studying, etc. and we want to continue to be able to acquire jobs, develop our skills, etc. without being bogged down by visa restrictions.
The Conservative Party’s irresponsible bow to the right-wing nationalist party (UKIP) in 2015, allowing a sudden In-Out EU-Referendum lacking a balanced campaign,* placed amongst other things the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of UK citizens at risk. We have been living in limbo since and live now in limbo due to the outcome of the EU-Referendum.
Please do not forget us, as you have consistently done in the course of the past few years. I urge you, not abandon UK citizens living in the EU. We do not want to have to live in uncertainty as 3rd rate citizens in neighbouring countries. Please guarantee our rights and our livelihoods. Please guarantee in your negotiations with individual EU-countries, that those Britons who have exercised their rights to freedom of movement, will not be met by blockages such as visa-restrictions, etc.
Yours Sincerely,
One of tens of millions of born British Citizens,
who do not want to be let down.
_____
* viz. the BrExit-campaign had been at this for decades, whereas Remain-campaign for no more than a few months
How it will be delivered
Email of the signatures to British Conservative Party and other Parties, in particular the Liberal Democrats under Mr T. Farron.
