EU REFERENDUM – INDEPENDENT FACTS
EU Exit – Residency for Foreigners
First Published 15th June 2016
EU Fact – Right to Remain After Exit
UK citizens living in the EU – and EU citizens living in the UK
UK and EU citizens living as foreigners in another EU country would have a right to remain after exit under international law and EU law.
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties 1969
International law would guarantee the rights of Britons living and working in EU member states. Under a principle enshrined by the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties 1969, (Article 70) withdrawal from a treaty releases the parties from any future obligations to each other but does not affect any rights or obligations acquired under it before withdrawal [Vienna Convention Law]
EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights (Article 19) prohibits the collective expulsion of foreigners. [Eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content]
European Convention on Human Rights
The collective expulsion of foreigners is also forbidden under Protocol four of the European Convention on Human Rights, Article four of which reads: “Collective expulsion of aliens is prohibited” [ECHR Document]