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<p>The UK government has always acted to ensure that UK nationals can continue to
live their lives broadly as they do now, and that remains our objective both in a
deal and no deal scenario. The Withdrawal Agreement will protect the rights of around
one million UK nationals in the EU and over 3 million EU citizens in the UK.</p><p>The
UK cannot act unilaterally to protect the rights of UK nationals in the EU and that
is why we have always prioritised reaching a reciprocal agreement with the EU. The
Government has been calling on Member States to protect the rights of UK nationals
in a no deal scenario and we welcome the progress that has been made. All Member States
have set out their no deal plans and provided some reassurances that the rights of
UK nationals will be protected in the event of a no deal, but we continue to call
on them to go further and match our no deal offer to EU citizens.</p><p>The Government
recognises the concerns of UK nationals in the EU including those who may choose to
return to the UK, and published a policy paper on 4 April 2019 setting out the steps
that we have taken to address these concerns should UK nationals decide to return,
regardless of whether a deal is reached with the EU.</p><p> </p>
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