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Is anyone seriously considering deporting all the Spanish people?

• pjc50 10y ago
  I'm not sure if they've considered it, but it's the logical outcome of the change. They're not UK nationals and they don't have any kind of visa or leave to remain - because of the EU rules. So if the rules were changed to require visas for EU nationals, what then? Make everyone apply for leave to remain? Do nothing, and watch as people realise that although they can stay in the UK if they ever leave it to visit e.g. Spain they're not allowed back in at the border? So given e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11876453 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11876453 , what happens?
  • dazc 10y ago
    It is going to be complicated but I don't think it's going to be such a big problem? There will be lots of time to find workable arrangements, it's not like everything changes overnight. In the case of Spain and the UK there are lots of reasons to maintain a good working relationship. Of course it may not work out that way but, going back to the original point, anyone who left the UK 15 years ago had to be aware there may be problems further down the line?