See below a list of questions about a no-deal Brexit. We have tried to identify issues for which, at the moment, there do not seem to be obvious answers (and which were not covered at the last UK Embassy outreach session in Madrid). If you have a specific concern which you would like us to pass on, write to us at eurocitizens2016@gmail.com.
A. Questions for the UK Embassy in
Spain:
1. FCO measures
- What contingency
plans does
the UK Embassy in Spain have for a no deal?
- How do you plan to get information to all the 314,000 British residents?
- What are your plans to help
vulnerable groups?
- What help will you offer to citizens
who encounter problems with registration as Third Country Nationals?
- What will the FCO’s role be in any
potential deportations of unregistered Britons?
2. Bilateral
negotiations and contacts
- What progress has been made towards
bilateral deals on these issues?
healthcare (continuation of S1 scheme for UK
pensioners)
social security coordination (especially pensions aggregation)
recognition of qualifications
-When and how is the Embassy going to
update citizens’ groups about contacts with the Spanish government?
-How will bilateral contacts be
affected by the upcoming Spanish elections?
3. Questions about a no deal
-What will happen to the coverage of
UK pensioners if the S1 scheme ends and there is no bilateral deal?
-What will happen to British
children born or brought up in Spain but living abroad at the time of Brexit?
-What will happen to people with
pensions from around the EU when the aggregated pension coordination falls
away?
What is your advice about applications
for Spanish or
EU long-term residence permits?
-Do you have any advice for
self-employed people offering services in the EU-27?
-Will you be holding another outreach
event for UK citizens in Madrid who could not get in last Friday?
Questions to pass on to the UK
government:
1. Returning UK citizens
- Will healthcare and social benefits be available from
the date of return?
- Will EU family face the hostile
environment?
2. Measures
within the gift of the UK government
-Why can’t the UK government guarantee
pensions uprating
for UK pensioners who have moved to the EU-27 on the basis that their pensions
would be uprated?
-Why can’t the government offer home fees for
children of UKinEU?
-Why can’t the rights of EUinUK citizens be enshrined in primary
legislation?
-Is the UK government aware that any
poor treatment of EU citizens in the UK will cause reciprocal measures to be
taken in the EU-27?
- Why can’t the UK govt offer to cover the costs of the S1 healthcare scheme for UK pensioners while
bilateral agreements
are reached?
