Theresa May has refused to unilaterally guarantee the residency rights of EU nationals living in Britain until the EU agrees reciprocal rights for Britons living in other EU countries. The ONS research confirms that Spain is home to the largest number of British citizens in the EU, at 308,805. The next most popular countries for British citizens living abroad are France, with 157,062, Ireland, 112,090 and Germany, 96,200. About a third of the Britons living in Malta, Cyprus and Portugal are also over 65. Whether there are less than 1 million or 1.2 million or 1.4 million Britons living in other European countries is not really relevant,” he said.

Source: The Guardian January 27, 2017 10:57 UTC