/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/larazon/7KQBC3YWPNEKPBUNTIKIXUZJFI.JPG "The EU will call on the UK to respect the rights of its citizens after the ill-treatment scandals")
Brussels will require London to abide by the agreements
Last update.19-05-2021 | 14:50 H
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EU leaders will call on Boris Johnson to respect the rights of their citizens in the wake of scandals over his treatment in the UK, including his detention in deportation centers, according to a draft accessed by The Guardian. The message to the British Prime Minister will follow a meeting on relations between the EU and the United Kingdom between the 27 heads of state and government since the ratification of the trade and cooperation agreement took place last Christmas Eve. “The European Council calls on the United Kingdom to respect the principle of non-discrimination between member states and the rights of EU citizens ”, the leaders will say, adding that the agreements reached with Downing Street must be fully implemented.
Obstacles and arrests
There is a growing concern among EU countries about the UK government’s treatment of its citizens, including those whose rights are guaranteed by the tortuously negotiated Brexit withdrawal agreement. A new body created under the post-Brexit deal to ensure citizens’ rights are respected has said it is “actively considering” legal action against the Home Office due to difficulties EU citizens are facing in the UK seeking the call settlement status.
There are no official data on the number of community members detained in a Foreigners Internment Center since the beginning of the year. But the British media talk about some thirty cases involving Germans, Greeks, Italians, Romanians and Spaniards. THE REASON counted that of María, a 25-year-old young woman from Valencia, who decided to fly to London on May 3 in search of new job opportunities. Throughout 2019 I had already been working for a few months in the UK. And taking advantage of the fact that her sister lived on British soil, she decided to pack her bags again. What she did not expect is that upon her arrival at Gatwick airport they were going to take her to a Foreign Detention Center as she had become an illegal immigrant because she had not properly completed the necessary post-Brexit-era paperwork.
The British media have collected several testimonies from EU citizens with job interviews in the UK saying they were denied entry, locked up and forced to endure the traumatic and humiliating experience of expulsion, despite the fact that the rules of the Ministry of the Interior explicitly allowed non-visa holders to enter such circumstances. However, the problems EU citizens are facing in the UK or seeking to enter the country are just one of the concerns about the post-Brexit relationship. The leaders’ statement, which could still change ahead of Thursday’s summit next week, should also touch on other areas that have proven highly problematic in recent months, including lThe rights of EU fishing vessels to operate in British waters.
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