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Ka-pi96 said:
think-man said:
British expatriates may have to stop living abroad in European countries like France and Spain if Britain leaves the European Union, the Government has suggested. Europe Minister David Lidington warned over the weekend that a British exit would see "everything we take for granted about access to the single market" in question, including "the right of British citizens to go and live in Spain or France".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/18/eu-facts-what-would-leaving-the-eu-mean-for-expats/

I doubt they're even allowed to vote either, despite being the people it will affect the most.

As I understand, international law would dictate that British expats are able to remain living where they currently do, just as EU migrants living in the UK will be able to remain living in the UK. It would impact future would be expats, not existing ones.

Unless developed nations like France and Spain decided defying international law was an acceptable choice in the vote of Brexit.

Seems to me yet another lie that that the remain camp are peddling to scare people into voting their way. Though if they intend to remain in Spain or France, I don't see how Britain leaving the EU would affect these expats in the slightest, other than potentially a more thorough immigration/customs check at the airport if they visit home.

David Cameron heading up the remain camp is very harmful to it. Proven track record of lying, and now even his claims in the EU referendum debates appear to be being fact checked and confirmed as "lies".

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/eu-referendum-vote-leave-accuses-david-cameron-of-telling-five-outright-lies-in-debate-but-did-he-a7070766.html



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