Thread by @Michaelacbenson

Thanks to @LordsEUCom for inviting me to present oral evidence today alongside @Suewilson91 @BremainInSpain and Jane Golding @BritishInEurope - good opportunity to reflect on #citizensrights and #britsinEU drawing on the research for @BrExpatsEU. A few takeaways from me to follow

First up why the statistics about how many #britsinEU are limited and why this matters in context of 30 June deadline for applications for new residence status in #france #thenetherlands #latvia #luxembourg #malta - see my #thread from earlier⬇️⬇️⬇️

https://twitter.com/Michaelacbenson/status/1397193445480017923?s=20

We talked a lot about hidden and vulnerable #britsinEU - homeless, children in care, disabled and elderly populations - who might fall between the cracks of the provisions and how more support needs to be put in place 2/

And that more work needs to go into finding ways to communicate both the process and the requirements for registration to these hard to reach populations 3/

There is other communication work that is required - to intermediaries who might not understand the new status and new documentation as well as to any authorities who are being tasked with judging whether there are 'reasonable grounds' for late applications 4/

And we also need to document that among many #britsineu trust in the #UKGov has been seriously eroded and there will be a lot of work to do to restore confidence - as @KarenOReilly3 and I wrote some time last year 5/ ukandeu.ac.uk/british-citize…

There's loads more I could add, but time to turn off for the day 6/6