What Would A ‘No Deal’ Brexit Mean For Human Rights?

Expand The Union Flag and European Union flag fly in Parliament Square in central London, September 9, 2017. © 2017 Reuters The prospect of the UK crashing out of the European Union without an agreement – a so-called “no-deal Brexit” – looms ever larger. If there is no deal in place on March 30, 2019, the residency status of almost five million people will be plunged into uncertainty. It would leave many of the 3.8 million EU citizens living in the UK, as well as the estimated 1 million UK citizens living in other EU countries, in legal limbo. The UK government has promised that even without…

© Human Rights Watch - mercredi 17 octobre 2018