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To: Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Let Brits living abroad vote in the EU referendum!
Please allow all British citizens living abroad to vote in our EU referendum, especially those who live in EU countries.
Why is this important?
Do you think that British citizens living in EU countries and worldwide should be able to vote in the UK's EU referendum? There are at least 3 million Brits living in EU countries but many of them will not be able to vote! The results of the referendum will affect all of us, no matter where we live.
Do you know that British citizens who have lived abroad for more than 15 years lose their right to vote in UK elections?
David Cameron has promised in this Parliament to give UK citizens living abroad a lifetime right to vote in UK elections, but he has said that this will not happen before the EU referendum.
If Britain did leave the EU, what would happen to people who live in EU countries? Would they become illegal immigrants in their EU homes? Would they lose their rights in those countries?
What if they all came back to Britain? Where would they live? What would they do? A lot of ex-pat Brits are old. How would they cope, and how would the UK cope with them?
Isn't it unfair and a bit crazy that they cannot vote in a referendum that will affect every part of their lives?
Do you know that British citizens who have lived abroad for more than 15 years lose their right to vote in UK elections?
David Cameron has promised in this Parliament to give UK citizens living abroad a lifetime right to vote in UK elections, but he has said that this will not happen before the EU referendum.
If Britain did leave the EU, what would happen to people who live in EU countries? Would they become illegal immigrants in their EU homes? Would they lose their rights in those countries?
What if they all came back to Britain? Where would they live? What would they do? A lot of ex-pat Brits are old. How would they cope, and how would the UK cope with them?
Isn't it unfair and a bit crazy that they cannot vote in a referendum that will affect every part of their lives?
