Ahead of the election, we wanted to find out about groups of British expats across the continent who have come together since the referendum in 2016 to protect the rights and futures of British citizens living in Europe and the sort of work they do, so we got in touch with three to learn some more.
First, we hear from Michael Harris, a British writer and educator who lives near Madrid. After the referendum, Michael set up Eurocitizens, a Spain based group who meet with government officials in Madrid to lobby for the ring-fencing of British citizens’ rights post Brexit. He’s also on the steering group of British in Europe, a coalition of a number of groups looking out for British citizens’ rights across the continent.
Debbie Williams also works closely with British in Europe, through her own group, Brexpats – Hear Our Voice. Their members are found in countries across the EU, and they similarly work with EU wide organizations to find answers to the main questions people have about what is going to happen to UK citizens post-Brexit.
Brexpats have also collaborated with a project in the UK called In Limbo. That’s run by Elena Remigi, an Italian living in the UK who decided to set up the project to humanize the Brexit process by sharing testimonies of EU nationals in the UK, and later UK nationals in the EU.
The music on this episode is “Inspire”, “Infados” and “Lightless Dawn” by Kevin MacLeod from filmmusic.io License: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
