The right – under which EU nationals can bring family members, including spouses, to live with them in the UK – is already a flashpoint in the Brexit talks on citizens’ rights. The document also confirms that the forthcoming immigration bill will only “switch off” regulations implementing EU free movement rules. Surinder Singh has allowed non-EU nationals who are partners of UK nationals who been legally living in another EU member state to become resident in Britain under EU, not UK, rules. Post-Brexit Britain intends to define family members as “direct family members”, which will include only partners, children under 18 and adult-dependent relatives. The leak of the Home Office document prompted strong reactions across the political divide.

Source: The Guardian September 06, 2017 06:30 UTC