"The outcome of the EU referendum has placed EU nationals living in the UK in a potentially very difficult and uncertain position. The key to resolving this is certainty. EU citizens living and working in the UK must be told where they stand in relation to the UK leaving the EU and they should not be used as bargaining chips in the negotiations. There also has to be an effective cut-off date to avoid a surge in applications. The most obvious dates include the date of the Referendum, 23 June 2016, the date Article 50 is triggered or the date when the UK actually leaves the EU," the report reads.
According to the Committee, the challenge of successfully resolving the practicalities of the UK exit in relation to EU citizens "must not be underestimated."
Earlier in July, UK Prime Minister Theresa May refused to guarantee the rights of some 2.9 million EU nationals currently living and working in the United Kingdom, according to the government data, saying that such a decision should wait until other countries guarantee the same rights for the UK citizens.
