‘Scared’ British Expats Fear France Will ‘Throw Them Out’ — Leadership Newspaper

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The British Ambassador to France, Edward Llewellyn, meets with French president Emmanuel Macron

British expats living in France fear they will be “thrown out” of their adopted country if the UK fails to secure a Brexit deal. The 200,000 British citizens living across the Channel face a nail-biting few weeks as negotiations to depart the EU drag on.

Although the French president Emmanuel Macron has reassured UK citizens they will not need visas to visit France, he stopped short of saying those already residing there would not be turfed out.

In an interview with the Sunday Times, Katrina Murray, 37, who works as an independent financial adviser, said: “Everyone’s very scared.

“People don’t know what’s going to happen and some think they are going to be thrown out.”

Last week, hundreds of concerned Britons met with the British Ambassador to France, Edward Llewellyn, in Bordeaux.

He admitted he could not put their fears to rest, saying: “There are some issues, quite a lot…



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