Jon Henley is joined by Jane Golding and Jennifer Rankin to discuss the rights and status of UK citizens living in other European Union countries after Brexit

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In this episode we focus on what Brexit means for British citizens living in other EU states.

How could pensions, rights to work, healthcare, property ownership, marriage and family life be affected?

Joining Jon Henley to discuss it all are:

Jane Golding, a British lawyer in Berlin, specialised in EU law, who is also co-founder of Germany-based UK citizens’ campaign group, Brits in Europe.

Jennifer Rankin, the Guardian’s Brussels correspondent.



A few weeks ago we devoted the whole podcast to the issue of the rights of EU citizens in a post-Brexit Britain. We found that despite a Brexit deal still being months or even years away from being agreed, things had already started to change.

On the other side of the equation, there are upwards of 1.2 million British citizens living in other EU states.

About 300,000 live in Ireland and another 300,000 live in Spain. France and Portugal are other major centres, but there are Brits living in every EU member states. And about 450,000 are pensioners.

Our experts tried to answer as many of your questions as they could, but much is subject to the coming negotiations and they were, of course, unable to give specific legal advice.

Please continue to get in touch with the podcast team with your questions, thoughts and suggestions for future episodes: brexitpodcast@theguardian.com.

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