https://leftfootforward.org/2017/12/revealed-brits-say-eu-citizens-should-have-the-right-to-remain-after-brexit/ Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy. Thu, 14 Dec 2017 12:35:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 https://leftfootforward.org/2017/12/revealed-brits-say-eu-citizens-should-have-the-right-to-remain-after-brexit/#comment-949370 Thu, 14 Dec 2017 12:35:16 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=125333#comment-949370 If you ask the same question but include uk citizens also being allowed to stay in the eu those polling numbers rise to over 90% for all citizens being allowed to stay unconditionally (icm poll, august 2016). There is overwhelming support for eu nationals to stay. Where there is division is over whether that should be tied to the treatment of uk citizens in the eu.
On the ‘pawns’ issue, several witnesses to select committees have stated that the uk asked the eu to resolve citizens rights in a separate agreement that could be done independently and earlier than the withdrawal agreement. It was the eu that refused.

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