The European parliament has said EU citizens living in the UK after it leaves the bloc risk discrimination in jobs and housing, because the government will not issue physical documents under the settled-status scheme. The European parliament also pledged to monitor the situation for 1.2 million British residents in the EU. The MEPs have also urged EU leaders to explore “how to mitigate” UK citizens’ loss of EU citizenship rights. Verhofstadt has called on MEPs to back the Brexit withdrawal agreement, the final legal step in Britain’s formal EU exit. A Home Office spokesperson said: “We have done far more [for EU citizens] than any other EU member state has done for British citizens, and it’s time they adopted a similarly generous approach.

Source: The Guardian January 15, 2020 15:49 UTC