On Wednesday, 1 March 2017 17:36:59 UTC, James Harris wrote:
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Post by James HarrisThe Lords are annoying me, know, because they seem to be of arguing from
an absence of knowledge - while calling it knowledge!
For example, Douglas Hogg said 'here are some facts ... millions moved
here expecting to be able to stay.' And he based his argument on that.
What he seems to ignore is: "EU nationals who have lived continuously
and lawfully in the UK for at least 5 years automatically have a
permanent right to reside" (according to
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/statement-the-status-of-eu-nationals-in-the-uk).
Some reports say otherwise, eg.:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/28/dutch-woman-with-two-british-children-told-to-leave-uk-after-24-years
28 December 2016
A Dutch woman who has lived in the UK for 24 years, and has
two children with her British husband, has been told by the
Home Office that she should make arrangements to leave the
country after she applied for citizenship after the EU referendum.
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2017/01/26/no-longer-welcome-the-eu-academics-in-britain-told-to-make-arrangements-to-leave/
Having lived and worked here for more than two decades
(they’re a national of another EU country) they decided to play it
safe after the Brexit vote and apply for leave to remain. Big mistake.
They received a threatening letter from the Home Office saying
they had no right to be here and they should “now make
arrangements to leave”. The letter was obviously wrong
– they had every right to be here under existing UK law –
but that didn’t lessen the emotional impact for my colleague,
whose whole future was suddenly thrown into uncertainty.
[so not exactly an "automatic" right then.]
Post by James HarrisSo Hogg's "fact" is not, in fact, a germane fact!
There is no way that millions of people are going to be rounded up and
deported, as some suggest.