Brits abroad: How Brexit could hurt expats

A British exit from the EU could jeopardise the jobs, homes, and healthcare of the 1.2 million Brits living in Europe, according to new research from the European Council on Foreign Relations published in June 2016.

ECFR’s network of researchers across the 28 member states gathered data on exactly what a Brexit might mean for expats in their countries, setting out the rules on working, studying, buying property, and accessing healthcare and pensions for EU versus non-EU citizens.

• Primary Source

The Guardian, 25.06.16: Anxiety, fear and shock that xenophobia and populism won, say EU expatriates http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/25/anxiety-fear-and-shock-that-xenophobia-won-say-eu-expatriates

ESO: Background information: The EU Referendum, 23 June 2016. The United Kingdom and the European Union. The results http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-eu-referendum-23-june-2016-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union-the-results/

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

BBC News, 24.06.16: Brexit: What does it mean for expats, here and in the EU? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36606847

UK: Parliament: House of Commons: Library: Research Briefing, 27.06.16: Leaving the EU: How might people currently exercising free movement rights be affected? http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-7525

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