My lovely (widowed) mum lives in the Netherlands. If she needs my help in future, I want to be able to move and look after her.

If I had JUST UNTIL MARCH 2022 to be able to make that move and bring my British husband, I would be in a total panic.

Luckily, the Dutch government..
.. recognises how unfair that would be, given that I moved to the UK under EU free movement.

So they've clearly stated that I will keep that right (to bring my British husband to NL) for my lifetime.

The UK government on the other hand, is not being so kind to its own citizens.
They are ripping that right away from British citizens who, under EU free movement had legitimate expectation they could return to the UK in future with their family.

Why are they doing this?

It's genuinely beyond me. We're talking a finite group of people.

The excuse given is
that these British citizens (living in the EU) can't have better rights than other British citizens (living outside the EU, who didn't have that right before).

Now I'm all for fairness.

But level UP, not DOWN.

This is textbook leveling down of rights.

Unforgivable.
Solidarity to my friends @BritishInEurope.

My heart breaks in outrage for you.

My thanks to the 12 peers who spoke out so passionately in the House of Lords this evening.

It seems to fall on deaf ears. I hope the HoL takes an important stand on this.
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