But only a small percentage of the estimated 150,000 Britons in France have actually applied. "With the likelihood of no-deal being dialled up in recent weeks, getting information to British nationals in France is now urgent," said Dobson. The British embassy in Paris has held numerous "outreach" meetings around France over the past year in order to try to get the right information across to residents. My worry is that it will all be too little, too late, and many will be left out in the cold." British citizens in France are spread over a really wide area, with some living an hour or two hours from a big centre of population," Meadows told MPs.

Source: The Local July 18, 2019 11:03 UTC