LONDON, United Kingdom – All EU citizens currently living in Britain will be able to stay after Brexit, a newspaper reported Saturday citing unnamed cabinet ministers, despite the government’s refusal to publicly guarantee their status. Official research suggests that more than 80 percent of the 3.6 million EU citizens living in Britain would be eligible for residency by the time Britain is expected to leave the European Union in 2019, the Daily Telegraph reported. ADVERTISEMENTConservative Prime Minister Theresa May has said she “fully expects” to be able to guarantee the rights of EU citizens to stay in Britain, but said it was dependent on the rights accorded to Britons living elsewhere in the EU. May has said she intends to begin the two-year Brexit process by March 2017, putting Britain on course to end its membership of the EU by early 2019. RELATED STORIESUK to start EU exit process before end of March 2017, says PMBrexit impact on PH banks seen ‘minimal’

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 08, 2016 00:11 UTC