(JB) Around 70% of British nationals polled in Luxembourg said they plan to apply for Luxembourgish nationality following the brexit decision, a new survey has revealed.

The online survey was conducted by British Immigrants Living in Luxembourg (BRILL), a group set up after the British referendum to protect the interests of Britons living in Luxembourg in the fall-out of Brexit.

The survey was completed between August and September by 283 people out of the group's then membership of 850 people.

“Most people are actually considering applying for citizenship now,” BRILL co-founder Fiona Godfrey said, presenting the survey results to around 60 members for the group's kick-off meeting on Monday.

In addition to citizenship plans, the survey results revealed that members were highly qualified, 70% had a degree, masters or phd, eight out of ten held British nationality only and half were unable to vote in the June 23 referendum because they had lived abroad for 15 or more years.

The Conservative government has pledged to reversed this latter obstacle within the coming years, though for many at the meeting the change will come too late.

Further findings showed that seven out of ten owned property in Luxembourg and eight out of ten planned to stay in Luxembourg long-term.

The main post-brexit concerns raised by respondents were continuing rights to work, residents' rights as a non EU national, protecting pension rights and healthcare.

During Monday's meeting, hosted at Centre Jean XXIII, concerned Britons formulated a list of their key concerns and questions about how brexit will impact them.

“I think it's fair to say as was the case in July, there are far fewer answers than there are questions. But a huge amount has been happening back in London over the intervening few months,” British Ambassador in Luxembourg John Marshall said at the start of the meeting.

He said that the government had set up the department for exiting the EU and for international trade, and added that it has “taken a bit of time for the machinery of government to bed down and for the structure to develop.”

He said that Prime Minister Theresa May's “red lines” are that there will be some restriction on the freedom of movement in the UK and that in future Britain will not come under the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice. Everything else, he said, was still to be decided.

Responding to a question from the audience, Mr Marshall said he had been feeding back all concerns expressed to him in Luxembourg to colleagues in London and he would continue to do so.

Ms Godfrey appealed for volunteers from across Luxembourg to join the team in finding answers to the many questions that came out of the meeting.

Anyone interested in volunteering should email brillmembers@gmail.com or contact the group on the BRILL Facebook Page.