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Europeans in UK worried about post Brexit rights
About a third of Europeans residing in the UK do not trust British authorities to protect their post-Brexit rights, according to a survey by an official British Agency.
According to the Independent Monitoring Authority for Citizens Rights Agreements (IMA), 30 percent of the 3,000 respondents to the survey said they were either very insecure or not confident that their rights would be protected.
Of these, 44 percent fear being treated differently compared to the British, especially with regard to access to health, education, housing and social support, or not having recognized academic or professional qualifications.
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Nearly half of EU nationals living in post-Brexit Britain fear they will lose rights and not be treated the same as native citizens in the future, a study published on Thursday says.
EU nationals already living in Britain before December 31, 2020, and who registered under the EU settlement scheme, retain the same rights to live, work and access social security despite Britain s departure from the bloc.
Most of the respondents to the Independent Monitoring Authority study said they were treated the same as British citizens.
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But 44 per cent said they were not confident that would last.
IMA, an organisation set up to protect the rights of EU citizens in the UK after Brexit, polled about 3,000 people from the 27 EU member countries in the online study.
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It is the first survey by the IMA, which was set up in January under the withdrawal agreement to protect citizensâ rights to live, work and retire in the UK and their access to public services such as the NHS.
Kathryn Chamberlain, the IMA chief executive, said there was work to be done on rebuilding trust among EU citizens. One survey respondent said they were afraid âthe government would start treating us like second-class citizensâ, while another said: âI believe complaining will change nothingâ.
Chamberlain said: âI would ask anyone who thinks they have experienced a breach of their rights to contact us so we can help to resolve the systemic issues.â