British expats tell of ‘Kafkaesque’ fight for residency rights in Europe

Jeremy Morgan said Britons had been asked by the police for papers they cannot get
Jeremy Morgan said Britons had been asked by the police for papers they cannot get
BRITISH IN ITALY

Britons who live in Europe have been refused jobs, healthcare, bank accounts, university places and car purchases as they slip into a post-Brexit bureaucratic limbo, even though those rights and services are guaranteed under the withdrawal agreement signed by the UK and EU.

Jeremy Morgan, a member of the campaign group British in Italy, said that public officials and their computers were often unaware that the rights of Britons who are formally resident in Italy are protected by the withdrawal agreement.

“Italy is keen to be on our side but is being slow to fix things,” Morgan, a former QC who retired to Umbria, said. “We are often treated like third-country migrants from outside the EU and are asked for the number of the permesso