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To: Theresa May
Guarantee the rights of EU nationals now!
After the vote to leave the EU on 23 June the status of EU nationals in Britain must be guaranteed—fully and immediately.
Nobody except the far-right fringe suggested during the referendum campaign that there might be removals of EU nationals or a removal of their rights.
Yet new prime mister Theresa May has refused to give reassurances that EU nationals want and deserve.
It is now vital that every EU citizen living in the UK is given a cast iron legally binding commitment that their right of residence and all their other rights will be guaranteed whatever the constitutional arrangements discussed in the future.
Every day of delay encourages racists to demand more restrictions and more immigration controls. It fuels the atmosphere which can lead to racist attacks.
Why is this important?
EU nationals benefit Britain economically, socially, culturally, artistically, scientifically, politically and in many other ways. They are welcome here.
If EU nationals start to leave or are fearful of coming here then it will have a very bad impact on our NHS, our industries and service, our schools, our universities and every aspect of life.
Furthermore we are concerned that David Davis, the minister responsible for negotiations with the EU, suggested that the government could set a retrospective cut-off date for permitting overseas EU nationals to remain in the UK after the country leaves the union.
We believe the freedom of movement of labour needs to be defended.
