Submitted on Tuesday 5th July 2016
Rejected on Wednesday 13th July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
UK parliament representation for 1.2 million British expats in EU post-Brexit
There are 1.2 million British expats living in the EU.
Despite these numbers, we don't have an official voice, a local MP or parliamentary body, to fight our corner.
Despite being strongly pro-Europe, we will suffer the most from Brexit. We need representation to protect our interests.
We believe it is vital Britain’s government gives a guarantee to expats, many of whom have set up businesses and put down roots with families in their adopted country.
We pay taxes here, yet, for example in Spain, we cannot vote in regional or national elections. If we’ve been here more than 15 years, we can't vote anywhere.
We urge the next UK prime minister to ensure British expats do not have their rights ‘negotiated’ away. It's vital we're represented in the critical coming months.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/123429
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