EU Citizens in Britain

Call in question (00:00:59) of a EU citizen to Boris Johnson: “Do you regret luring people into a false sense of certainty that their EU citizens’ friends, family, neighbours will be secure in the case of Brexit?”

This morning @antoni_UK got a chance to ask @BorisJohnson a question that all of us EU citizens ask ourselves often: whether he regrets that, during the #EUref, he lured people into a false sense of certainty re: the rights of EU citizens. Johnson’s answer is shocking. 1/ pic.twitter.com/E4B3uNuJyD

— Prof Tanja Bueltmann (@cliodiaspora) January 14, 2019

Shocking? It’s Boris Johnson. The answer was evasive.
What else can one expect?

❌ It’s not automatic.
❌ It’s an application.
❌ It takes rights away from us.
❌ Applications can be rejected.
❌ If unsuccessful deportation is a possibility.
❌ If successful it gives us special ID numbers on a special register only for EU citizens for special checks. 3/

— Prof Tanja Bueltmann (@cliodiaspora) January 14, 2019

So for @BorisJohnson to simply say he doesn’t “agree” with @antoni_UK ... doesn’t see that there is a difference, and claims all will be fine ... Well, Mr Johnson: the facts are crystal clear and they tell a very different story. 4/

— Prof Tanja Bueltmann (@cliodiaspora) January 14, 2019

Those facts include your own voting record on protecting the rights of us EU citizens. What made you vote for protecting them as a one-off right after the #EUref, to them consistently vote against the protection of our rights @BorisJohnson? 5/ pic.twitter.com/yjqQKOY5p8

— Prof Tanja Bueltmann (@cliodiaspora) January 14, 2019

In any case the points @BorisJohnson made in his reply are simply wrong. That’s it. As we know from an FOI request about #SettledStatus, the Home Office does plan to use it for immigration control, so there can be no doubt anymore that the aim is to control who of us can stay. 6/

— Prof Tanja Bueltmann (@cliodiaspora) January 14, 2019

So yes @BorisJohnson: you did lure people into a false sense of certainty about what would happen to their EU citizen neighbours, colleagues, friends and family. You also did that to us directly. Your answer simply isn’t good enough and in no way acceptable. Own your Brexit. 7/

— Prof Tanja Bueltmann (@cliodiaspora) January 14, 2019

So I second the concerns and questions @antoni_UK set out in his letter to you following the show this morning. https://t.co/yPXaWUwCOi 8/8

— Prof Tanja Bueltmann (@cliodiaspora) January 14, 2019

(You also may want to try https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1084857433577664520.html. However, at least when I tried to use it, some images were not displayed.)

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