Tuesday, 5 December 2017

What about the rights of Irish citizens in the UK after Brexit?


Lobby group,Traveller Movement, has published a new report which says the UK government has failed to guarantee the rights of Irish citizens, post Brexit.

The report ‘Brexit and Irish citizens in the UK: how to safeguard the rights of Irish citizens in an uncertain future’ reveals that many of the rights currently enjoyed by Irish citizens in the UK, such as exemptions from deportation and prohibitions on employment of foreigners, exist only because they are EU citizens and not because they are Irish citizens. 

The paper examines what would happen to the rights of Irish citizens under UK law, if the special rights of EU citizens end, without a new legal provision for Irish citizens.

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