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<p>As set out in the Government’s White Paper: ‘The process for withdrawing from the
European Union’, published on 29 February and attached, the withdrawal process is
unprecedented. No country has ever used Article 50 – it is untested. There is a great
deal of uncertainty about how it would work. United Kingdom citizens currently enjoy
a range of specific rights to live, to work and access to pensions, health care and
public services that are only guaranteed because of European Union law. If the UK
voted to leave the EU, the Government would do all it could to secure a positive outcome
for the country, but there would be no requirement under EU law for these rights to
be maintained. Should an agreement be reached to maintain these rights, the expectation
must be that this would have to be reciprocated for EU citizens in the UK.</p><p>
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