We had reports from our In Limbo members experiencing difficulties at the border trying to return home in the UK even though they are EU citizens with #SettleStatus.
Airlines have asked for additional ID against official guidance.
Many are now anxious when traveling.
Our friends @the3million have reported the same problem of EU citizens refused boarding their flights back to their homes in the UK unless they provide additional ID.
Firstly, the #SettledStatus Scheme has most certainly not been 'a resounding vote of confidence in Britain’s future'!
We were forced to apply.
Not applying meant becoming illegal in our own homes.
The only other option would be to leave, which 10s of 1000s actual did. 2/5
Secondly, the article paints an unrepresentative picture of young, net-contributors who still need to put down roots and helped by citizenship would start playing a fuller part in Britain's society.
Millions of us, young AND old, already do so for many years, often decades! 3/5
British citizens in Italy are caught in a bureaucratic nightmare, unable to access services despite the #WithdrawalAgreement.
A thread with Francesca's testimony.
She writes: “We are an Italian-British family that has returned to Italy because of #Brexit.
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My British husband Paul has been living in Italy since 2019. Since then, he has worked with various fixed-term contracts like any citizen of the EU.
His last contract, which began before the end of 2020, has just expired and the company has offered Paul a contract renewal.
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Unfortunately, this time they requested the residence permit number without which they cannot register the contract and without which my husband cannot work.
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While the UK government is now apparently ecstatic with delight to be ending Freedom of Movement, I'm thinking of Albert Bourla, (Άλμπερτ Μπουρλά) a Greek scientist and veterinarian. 1/8
Albert Bourla has lived in four different countries, joined Pfizer in 1993, and has used EU #FreedomOfMovement.
Similarly, the Turkish parents of the CEO of Biontech Uğur Şahin came to Germany when that country opened up and welcomed foreign workers "Gastarbeiter". 2/8
Obviously, the vast majority of #immigrants are not going to design vaccines that potentially can bail us out of this #corona misery.
Still, what strikes me in success stories like these is how many successful immigrants or their parents weren't exceptional when they came. 3/8
🎉GREAT NEWS 🎉
Tonight we would like to finally reveal the name of the publisher of the new edition of In Limbo. 1/6
As you know, we’ve been privileged not only to have had @george_szirtes and @IanDuntwriting writing two powerful introductions to our book, but to have also found a great publishing house: @SpokesmanBooks.
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Spokesman Books is the publishing imprint of the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation.
It publishes in many areas including philosophy, history, peace and politics.
Amongst its authors you will find Bertrand Russell, Noam Chomsky, Tony Benn, Ken Coates or John le Carré.
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