Is Brexit Harming British Expats?

UK citizens in Europe are feeling the impact of Brexit, from costly resident permits to less valuable pensions. Alice Kantor reports.
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From costly residence permits to less valuable pensions, Brits in Europe are feeling the impact of Brexit.
UK citizens living in Europe are coming to terms with the annoyances and obstacles of life in a post-Brexit world.
Costly residence permits, a weak pound and travel hassles are just some of the problems emerging for expat Brits as they adapt to being foreigners in the European Union. Some are returning to their native country after years away, while others are going so far as to renounce their citizenship.
When Britain completed its transition out of the EU at the beginning of 2021, that meant UK citizens no longer had an automatic right to live in the EU and faced tougher immigration rules if they wanted to work on the continent. Queues at the border got longer, customs duties were imposed and frictionless travel within Europe was no longer guaranteed.
For Brits already residing in the EU before Dec. 31, 2020, many countries allowed them to continue to live, study and work there but some - including popular destinations like France and Sweden - required them to apply for a new residence status.
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[@nickthenoodle9206]

“British man shocked to learn that a national vote to end freedom of movement ended freedom of movement.”

[@stevenellis2043]

Except for dinghies

[@Arltratlo]

... for the British man!

[@buk3695]

@@stevenellis2043 for the million th time. Immigrants on boats are not a problem.

[@billpugh58]

@@stevenellis2043 ooooh edgy . But nothing to do with legal freedom of movement. You don’t understand it do you? Lol!

[@keithmilburn4866]

Let’s be correct, these aren’t expats they’re immigrants! Why doesn’t Spain kick them ll out !!

[@kerryburns6041]

I´m an English immigrant in southern Spain. There are Brits here who call themselves expats, they don´t bother learning any Spanish and they regard the Spanish people as "foreigners." They float on society´s surface like litter. However, you have only to have a go at Español and you are welcomed into a warm inclusive community. I used to buy British goods but extra taxes and uncertain delivery times have put the kybosh on that, I farm with excellent Chinese equipment and I can manage without Marmite. I don´t think a country that sells off its water companies to foreign companies then allows them to contaminate its waterways with sewage is fit to be in the EU, and Westminster´s inability to treat immigrants and refugees with respect also proves its unsuitability as a member of Europe in general.

[@sanhcman666]

I read similar comments of spanish citizens toward british expats, thanks for confirm it. No wonder they increasingly call UK, perfidious albion. I think i should spread those jokes to other countries.

[@kerryburns6041]

@@sanhcman666 I think that because Spain is perhaps the easiest foreign country to have a holiday in for the English, you get a lot of English who have never travelled to other countries and appreciated different ways of living, and are therefore likely to lack respect. If they then retire here, they are unprepared for the culture, square pegs in round holes. En saludo.

[@sanhcman666]

@@kerryburns6041 thanks for more confirnation. Still it does not add sympathy for any anglosaxon nor european for me.

[@acme181169]

@@kerryburns6041 I'm not sur if this affects your argument really, but it seems to be worth mentioning that there are more Spaniards in Britain than English in Spain, and I'm not hearing any Spanish people complain here. Maybe just maybe whinging is an British expat hobby regardless of issue or subject.

[@kerryburns6041]

@@acme181169 I think you are right about whinging, and there is also the attitude "Well, we don´t like to complain," which is often heard in the UK, and hints that we English are a nation of numpties. With my limited language skills I can´t offer any deep insights into the Spanish attitude to life, but I get the feeling that it is the result of centuries of mixed fortune, and deeply rooted in reality. As they say -- " En la casa del herrero - cuchillos de palo.

[@batcollins3714]

THEY'RE NOT EXPATS!! THEY'RE BRITISH IMMIGRANTS!!! HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU HAVE TO BE CORRECTED??. Unless they work for a UK company full time in a foreign country they are immigrants. Get it right at least once. The foreign workers in the UK aren't called "expats" they're called immigrants. Call British immigrants what they are.

[@applenuggets662]

Expat is someone that is living or working in another country other than their own country, it is often temporary for work reasons. Immigrants are people who go live in another country but aren't citizens yet

[@mickayling5707]

@@applenuggets662 then why are people from other countries, living and working in the UK called immigrants? Expats is a made up word to make them sound better or above foreigners living in the UK. When the UK does the honour of calling other nationals expats then, I'll be happy to call our emigrants expats. Till then, they are someone else's immigrants.

[@SlimTortoise]

Wrong, learn English. An expat is simply defined as a person who lives outside their native country. Similarly, an immigrant is a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country. Do you want me to make it a bit more simple for you, btw loads of expat sites in the UK called Spanish expats etc. idiot

[@DennisNeijmeijer]

@@applenuggets662 so season workers are expats? And pensioner's are immigrant's.Be consistent then.

[@iisohmslightbulb3528]

If the HQ is in the UK and they send you abroad, you have been expatriated. If the HQ is located abroad and you have been called out to work there, then you have migrated. The majority of Brits working, in Asia in particular, are migrant workers.

[@erlinggaratun6726]

'Expat' is not a thing. We call them immigrants...

[@leeii337]

We call ourselves immigrants.

[@xMrjamjam]

The ones who call themselves expats dont want to associate themselves with the word immigrant due to their racism. Not everyone who voted for brexit is a racist but every racist voted for brexit

[@batcollins3714]

But...but..we're British, we can't be just immigrants. We had an empire!

[@jimwalsh8520]

And we call Europeans Sxxm

[@clarissagafoor5222]

Can't be immigrants they haven't immigrated!

[@rehurekj]

Feeling betrayed by EU negotiators? Is it UK wilful ignorance or feeling of being special in play? How betrayed? EU citizenship is and must be by EU own treaties based on and inseparable from national citizenship so they could hardly fight for some British citizens automatically retaining their EU citizenship based purely on place they happened to live at the moment of Brexit and any form of freedom of movement or some type of EU- like citizenship arrangement was explicitly rejected by UK negotiators, so how exactly should EU negotiators fight for those Britons exercising their freedom of movement more then they already did? But when she's confusing EU citizenship with religion then its rather silly to expect any rational reasons for her feeling of betrayal, its somewhat like expect Brexiter to know what law exactly EU imposed on them...

[@IshtarNike]

Most Brits over the age of 40 have a deep sense that the UK is still an empire and the most important country second only to the US. Any sense that they're treated like the rest of the countries on earth and they get....well, pretty upset. You see it's embodiment in Brexit which was entirely about the UK's exceptionality not being recognised (the irony being the UK did in in fact have an exceptional deal and the EU bent over backwards to accommodate many unreasonable demands).

[@derekarnold3665]

@@IshtarNike Agree totally with your point of view. On your last point the UK had an exceptional deal.Thatcher got her rebate. Uk kept its currency, not in Schengen area, free market access across the EU. An enormous pool of talented workers came to live and work in the UK whose training and education was paid for by their home countries. We are now seeing the economic and social fall out of Brexit.

[@jackwilson5513]

@@IshtarNike As a over 40s Scot, I can tell you that is not my attitude nor that of my family and friends. Brexit was very much an English Nationalist vote.

[@HelenaMikas]

@@IshtarNike Very true but not this one I was already in Germany and determined to stay ..No most important country Only cultivated society where the necessities are the bedrock UK is a failure and Thatcher smashed it totally .Exceptional in their lack of education is where I tick the box .I hope the SNP manage to break and join us .That will be a cause to party .

[@HelenaMikas]

@@derekarnold3665 Pre Brexit an enormous pool of British studied FREE of charge in EU universities That was blocked by Brexit .If students fro say Germany go to UK they pay a fortune..Very few go now .Also school trips are switching to Ireland as there is no nightmare with visas and school children being handled by Patel fashion .thugs .

[@derekarnold3665]

I have lived in France since 1997 and happy to say my electricity bill is not going up 165%. Brexit is the worst political decision ever made by the UK government; the referendum was a farce. Personally I never travel back to the UK, it's a country I no longer recognise. I share the sentiments expressed by the people in this video.

[@davelocktalk]

Not the uk government it was the English and Welsh people who voted for it and its going to lead to the break up of the uk

[@GabrielFlies]

I moved to France last year with my French wife and kids. Energy bills reasonable, I pay 15% less income tax due to tax benefits for having kids. Healthcare phenomenal. French don’t know what they have sometimes..

[@GalaxyFur]

Electricity rates for some small businesses have gone up over 400% in the last year in the UK. A small Cafe in Leicester for example saw its electric bill go up from $12,000 to $64,000 per year. (£10,297 to £54,918) A 433% increase!!! In the meantime, in my area of the U.S. I'm just going to see a 6.2% price increase in comparison. What are small businesses supposed to do outside of going out of business at that rate? 🤔 This would destroy small mom-and-pop shops in any country with price increases like that. The UK government needs to get its act together. Otherwise, the UK unemployment rate is about to start going up very quickly this fall and winter.

[@sueyourself5413]

@@GabrielFlies You're right. The UK is so comparably worse that, here in France, we should just bend over backwards to neoliberalism. Don't talk about matters you don't understand.

[@grateberk6435]

My family and myself are stuck here in this ridiculous mess. We live in London, were born here and dont know anyone that voted to leave the eu. I am now branded as an idiot. Thanks Johnson, Farage and Mogg

[@iacopo538]

I was 16 when the Brexit referendum took place. My late grandfather voted Leave. I moved to the EU to study. Why should I suffer from his mistake?

[@dogwithwigwamz.7320]

You made a sound decision, on removing to The EU to study. Brextards will tell you it would be more fitting for you to support Maxima Britania - at thrice the price to you.

[@sanhcman666]

Always in every generation, the younger suffer from the mistakes of the elders.

[@bh5037]

well. because 52 % order you to...

[@anthonyferris8912]

One of your late grandfather mistakes, lead to your very existence, but you would deny him his vote on the grounds of his age. One day, when you grow up, your children and grandchildren will suffer from his mistakes. Maybe you shouldn’t get a vote either……🤔🤣

[@anthonyferris8912]

@@sanhcman666 So the children of the generation who fought and died to liberate Europe from fascism, suffered as a result of their parents and grandparents actions? Always in every generation, the younger think they are smarter than their elders………they’re seriously not.😆

[@Mute_Nostril_Agony]

As a Brit living in Norway ( its the EEA) I had no problem getting residency in Norway. The problem is going to other countries. If I wanted to move the Sweden, I would have to get a visa, get my qualifications recognised etc. And my dreams of returning to a sleepy fishing village in Portugal have gone up in smoke. The whole point about having an EU passport is you just show up. Now it's a huge hassle

[@g0801215]

Check out the golden visa offered by the Portuguese.

[@leeii337]

I don't really think its going to work, not being able to go across the borders. I have flown to Portugal twice this year and crossed from France (where I am a resident) to the UK plenty of times. Also have from France to Portugal. I don't get stamped crossing from the UK to France, but do from UK to Portugal. I don't get stamped crossing from Portugal to France. So far this year I have entered Portugal three times and only left it twice. Next year will be more chaotic.

[@SlimTortoise]

Don't you think it's respectful to ask?, because I do. keep a bolt hold in Norway, then you will find that you can spend as much time as you like in Portugal, Its common practice for others around the world to get residency in any EU country then live in another. For me (French resident ) so long as I keep a bolt hold in France, I could spend as much time as I like In Spain, Ok not register with Spanish medical or work etc, but when you are retired does it matter?

[@simonmarshall3869]

@@SlimTortoise you can't work anywhere but France, not very helpful unless your rich or a nomad

[@Mute_Nostril_Agony]

@@SlimTortoise I can indeed spend as much time as I like in all of the other EEA countries. My magic Norwegian Residency Card stops the border guards from stamping my passport. But its a different matter if I want to live, work or retire outside Norway. The beauty of Free Movement was that You Just Showed Up. You walked into the local pension office, employment bureau, job centre or citizen registration centre and plonked down your purple EU passport. The officials would suck in air through their teeth and roll their eyes, saying how different their system was but basically they would make it work for you. The direction of movement was always downhill and positive. Now its uphill and negative and us Brits are in the same situation as hapless Americans, Australians and Nigerians in the same situation, situation, engaged in endless paper chases, having to get their high school graduation certificates translated into Czech, arguing about the equivalence of a British Master's degree, producing income statements for the last 5 years and listing all of their journeys in the last 5 years on forms in the local language, as well as making local lawyers rich. And throughout this process, you never quite know if you have all of the right bits of paper and that some arbritrary decision might be made. And you also know that if you move to a third country, you have to start all over again. None of this was written on the side of a bus

[@johnjeanb]

"I feel betrayed by EU negociators" (First interview). I don't see what EU negociators did wrong (except they were defending EU rights and insisting that reciprocity will be kept at all times). Tory extremists had to be blamed and only them (except some help from key labour people (Corbyn, McCluskey, etc). Last interview "I have only 2 solutions: "Brexit is cancelled or I get Spanish citizenship": better get your Spanish citizenship because the very advantageous position Britain had is gone forever and the UK applying anew to the EU is very very remote (decades). The voice of many British living in the EU was not heard because many could not vote. Excellent review on a disaster (my opinion): huge wealth destroyed, lives made miserable, British SME businesses destroyed. For what? for the benefit of a few superrich foreigners Tory donors (Sunak family, etc). We see them supporting mostly L Truss now.

[@kienhwengtai8113]

The EU negotiators work for the benefit of EU not the UK, so they don't care about the UK anyway.

[@jonathansimmons5353]

But but but... Sunak has a USA green card,cand a mansion in the USA! - nothing to do with europe

[@SlimTortoise]

The one thing they did wrong was any other person with a residency card in the EU has the right to move to another EU country and apply for that countries residency card. They made a special rule to not grant that to Brits, pure vindictiveness on thier part. it would be the same as the UK saying all EU citizens who asked for settled status in England, could not work in Scotland etc, something the UK government found to low to go, But not a problem for the EU. Then waiting until the last minute to give residency to Brits, I did not know my future until 5 weeks before the UK left the EU, while my French counterparts in the UK had thier status confirmed 3 years before me. The EU acted poorly, you can say they did not leave and so what, But when you have been jilted how you act after shows what you and they are really made of and it's not a good look for the EU.they acted like a childish baby at every turn.

[@ricado372]

@@SlimTortoise show me where borris Johnson tried to negotiate for your rights within Europe. The eu negotiated on behalf of the eu and the UK negotiated for the UK

[@jonathansimmons5353]

@Captain Planet the " sovereign tea"- twinings, was moved to poland with EU aid thowing 260 british workers on the dole- after they had trained their replacements of course.

[@blqeddie2946]

I've lived in Italy for 40 years, married to an Italian and have finally had to apply for Italian citizenship. I never did in the past as I was proud to be British, not anymore. I was especially peeved that we were unable to vote in the referendum, the outcome had an effect on us and so we should have been given the opportunity of voting

[@anthonyferris8912]

Poor diddums……….Do you not feel teeny bit of warmth towards the UK, knowing it’s sending more help to Ukraine than any western EU country, while Italy is still buying Russian gas?

[@sanhcman666]

Dying empires have that effect on their citizens. Unless it really comes back, but sadly, few cultures or countries have the phoenix trait of reborn from their ashes. The funny thing is china, india, iran, and germany just to name a few do have that feature

[@Arltratlo]

why, people who are not living in the UK could think that immigration is a good thing, so they made sure their racists have no competition!

[@lucasmayo]

Similar here, 36 years in Spain. Not being able to vote in what has and is causing me large financial loss and not being able to consider moving back to UK as my spouse is not British. Very Poor show.

[@anthonyferris8912]

@@lucasmayo It’s a crying shame that those who’ve lived, worked and paid tax in the UK for the past 36 years, didn’t think to priorities your wishes ahead of theirs…….Your sense of entitlement is impressive. 😆

[@Taladar2003]

The Withdrawal Agreement hasn't stripped anyone of anything, Brexit has.

[@jimwalsh8520]

@@bbasleigh6149 European Court of Human Rights is stopping us. Liz is going to tell the Eu to foxtrot oscar as soon as she is sworn!

[@jimwalsh8520]

It has stripped the Eu of an easy ride and a big bunce of dosh. Brexit is the gift that keeps giving and to be free from the evil of the Eu is splendid

[@dam8087]

@@jimwalsh8520 ignorance is NOT a virtue. Thanks for the irreversible damage you have done to the country, it will never be undone

[@francocanuck9435]

Your choice, you must assume the stupidity of your vote

[@jimwalsh8520]

@@francocanuck9435 Well laddie, it is none of your business is it. And We British ahve done rather well over 1000 years without the mendacious and perfidous Eu which is dominated by the frogs and heinies

[@xMrjamjam]

They got what they voted for, they kept saying this for years. You dont get to complain about the victory you bragged about for years. You won get over it

[@georgiewalker5826]

I don't think these people in this video voted for Brexit

[@clarissagafoor5222]

They weren't allowed to vote! You jumped in before watching the whole thing!!

[@soviet9366]

These were European Citizens who found themselves stripped of that citizenship against their will - it does not matter by whom. There should be no schadenfreude at their misfortune. For every UK citizen who felt they had gained part of their identity from Brexit, another of us felt we had lost something.

[@jonathansimmons5353]

There is no "european citizenship" Just on that basic misunderstanding highlights your miscomprehension of what the EU is.

[@SlimTortoise]

The EU could respect that, They have the tools at hand for those living in the EU they did nothing. sorry I was wrong, they have done something made it a difficult as possible..

[@soviet9366]

​@@jonathansimmons5353 my point was one of cultural identity

[@soviet9366]

@@SlimTortoise there is a lot of 'well you voted for it' type comments online about any Brexit hardship story, as if the UK was a monolith of rabid Daily Mail readers rather than a near 50/50 split amongst those who felt strongly enough to vote

[@cedriclempereur1892]

​@@SlimTortoise you mean like a trustful and cooperative relationship? You guys literally spent years insulting them and then wonder why they are not treating you as best pals...

[@maneshipocrates2264]

They are British immigrants not expats.

[@andrewrobinson2565]

Yes. I'm a first-generation British-immigrant passport-carrying Frenchman, living and working in France (on the Med) since 1989. My wife and I both went to the same council estate comprehensive so we're really refugees who had a safe route to our country of choice. Escaped and living the dream 😀👍🍾☀️🏖️. (Edit: Flags 🇪🇺🇨🇵)

[@clarissagafoor5222]

Can't be!

[@jeffrystephan6992]

Expats: a fancy word for immigrants (But don´t let them know 😂😂😂)

[@ecoworrier]

I'm an immigrant (not an expat) to Luxembourg. I'm a brexit, ex-brit.

[@ApfelFlix]

There is a definition for both. Expat: Person living abroad with the intent to return to his native country some day while having no intention to acquire the host country‘s nationality. Immigrant: Person living abroad with the intent of staying permanently and eventually acquiring the host country’s nationality.

[@johnjeanb]

@Jeffry Stephan "Expats: a fancy word for immigrants (But don´t let them know " Well not in this case. Prior to Brexit UK citizen living in other EU countries were simply EU citizens and NOT EXPATS yet. Brexit changed all this, downgrading British citizenship.

[@beaglaoich4418]

@@ApfelFlix that’s not the definition for expatriate, it’s simply someone not living in their home country any more. There are some associations with temporary or work related stays abroad but given how often these expats are retirees planning on living out their days in sunnier climes I would say you’re wrong.

[@ApfelFlix]

@@beaglaoich4418 Common misuse of the term ‘expat’ neither changes its definition nor makes it a fancy synonym for “immigrant”. Many depicted in this video are clearly immigrants and not expats.

[@timwilliams19]

Fully understand the lady from Spain. As a Brit living in France I don’t feel particularly proud of the UK and more specifically the UK government.

[@martinp8174]

Move back.

[@timwilliams19]

@@martinp8174 , think I’ll stay where I am.

[@Arltratlo]

be happy, they dont call you Brit on the street!

[@zxgeorger]

@@timwilliams19 you won't be missed

[@robertwilkes2105]

I've been living in France since 2017, and got my titre de sejour without any problem and not expensive. Plus I speak French and shedded the British arrogance when I stepped off the ferry in Britanny. I will be applying for French nationality asap.

[@parametr]

Sadly, most English immigrant you find in Spain can barely speak 3 words in Spanish (and they proudly tell you they all 3 words!). Most just never registered their residency in Spain. They'd have to pay Spanish taxes, which are higher... better get that healthcare for free.

[@jonathansimmons5353]

@Robert Wilkes I could have gotten french citizenship in 1993.. But it never was right as a working man. I sort of wish i did, but seeing the state of france, i dont regret it, i got australian citizenship last year, which gives me NZ aswell.

[@AntonioMarino5763]

Bravo

[@SlimTortoise]

I hope you hand back your UK passport with that attitude?

[@parametr]

@@SlimTortoise xD Are you referring to Robert? In that case, you think that learning French and not being arrogant is grounds for "not being a proper English man"?

[@Domihork]

As a EU citizen who planned to do my PhD in the UK, I give the Brexiters one ironic "thanks" for ruining my plans...

[@SlimTortoise]

Your welcome, someone better got the place,

[@andrewrobinson2565]

Sorry about that. Do it in Ireland. 🇪🇺🇨🇵

[@jonathansimmons5353]

No prob mate- your country needs you.

[@mad3m6n]

How sad you must be. ..

[@tnickknight]

@@SlimTortoise more like he dodged a bullet and does not know it. The UK is an overrated dumpy American wannabe state

[@contentedbuddha]

I didn’t see any expats in the video only migrants

[@socialistsolidarity]

🤫White people don't like to be called migrants.

[@RichardLaurence]

As a Brit, I was amazed and horrified at the own goal of Brexit. It’s already damaged trade and generated bureaucracy and wasted money.

[@davidgreen6490]

HA HA HA how has Brexit generated bureaucracy?

[@michaelraasch5496]

JRM probably thinks exactly the opposite.

[@matomatic4599]

​@@davidgreen6490 Objectively speaking, the UK civil service has constantly grown year on year since the EU referendum, and even more so since the recent pandemic. The UK civil service has grown by 100,000 over the past 5 years. Before the EU referendum there was a downward trajectory for the number of civil servants in the UK. Note the number of civil servants in a country is proportional to the amount of 'bureaucracy'.

[@pieterpopster5549]

@@davidgreen6490 More red tape = more bureaucracy. Therefore Brexit generated more bureaucracy.

[@davidgreen6490]

@@pieterpopster5549 The UK has no red tape trading anywhere on the globe except one place - The European Union.

[@andrewthomson870]

Better to be stuck outside Britain than in it.

[@georgeatkinson759]

I'm no expat...I am a refugee from Brexit living in Spain. I have residency and pay tax in my chosen country of refuge...

[@andrewrobinson2565]

Spot on +1. Me too. 🇪🇺🇨🇵 (except I escaped in 1989...)

[@EGR548]

@@andrewrobinson2565 😂😂😂

[@741255]

Expats.... Right. Let be real. British immigrants. There is no difference to call them "expats" apart from the British exceptionalism. The British immigrants has to comply with the rules in their chosen homes same way EU immigrants in the UK has to do. And yes, there are paperwork, fees, uncertainty, sometimes discrimination. This is the new world and the people seems to prefer going to this new (old) direction despite all the better thoughts. We never learn.

[@rodmarker2071]

As a Brit in Germany , I got my new German passport , they are very nice to me - seamless process . My wife is German and there is no way I would swap her for some brexit idiot . I am fully over it I sold up moved my business to germany, sad ? yes. I had to let a lot good guys go .. but I hired Europeans. I have no need to go to UK to see a lot of angry people. I have been in international sales for 30 years and proud to be a citizen of nowhere (Thank you Mrs May) - The UK shot itself in 2 feet, substitution of UK suppliers by European ones well underway. To fools that think selling to Australia is cheaper than to France, Holland Germany ?? Well have they never heard of cost of logistics , like that cost happens between Leeds and London too ? Cost of sale , cost of market entry ? I think most brexiters have no idea how businesses work ? This 'the EU is bullying the UK' is pure fiction, we are treated exactly the same as every other non-member , well better than most. Did they really believe that European Governments would help Brits over their own citizens?? nuts .that they obviously want to kick out of the UK ??? The irony is the border nonsense , we want to control our borders , except the only land border we have as its not possible. Then not controlling the sea borders as they can't get enough customs officers - priceless . I ship goods to UK , i could, if I was a crook, ship drugs, guns, whatever, they don't have enough customs officers / It systems to check it . The public doesn't know Brexit means less border control ... cracks me up.

[@gertscheper9653]

Expats?, immigrants you mean?

[@peterebel7899]

It does not matter Brits who lost Britain.

[@andrewrobinson2565]

It's a copy/paste so forgive me Peter. 🙏 I'm a first-generation British-immigrant passport-carrying Frenchman, living and working in France (on the Med) since 1989. My wife and I both went to the same council estate comprehensive so we're really refugees who had a safe route to our country of choice. Escaped and living the dream 😀👍🍾☀️🏖️.

[@peterebel7899]

@@andrewrobinson2565 Andrew Enjoy your life in France! French know how to live 🙂 (from a neighbor&friend - Germany)

[@andrewrobinson2565]

@@peterebel7899 +1 "Wie Gott in Frankreich" 🇪🇺🇨🇵🥂👍☀️.

[@peterebel7899]

@@andrewrobinson2565 Wie Gott in Frankreich! Ich liebe die Vielfalt in Europa - und dass wir diese genießen können durch freies Reisen und jeglichen sonstigen kulturellen, ... Ausgleich.

[@justincharles2332]

Sadly and shamefully, it has been made very clear to EU citizens living in the UK that they are not welcome (just open any newspaper and look at the anti-EU sentiment and increase in hate crimes etc. etc. etc.), and that if they do not like their "treatment" and new found "status" they should return to the EU! Might I therefore humbly suggest that if Britain's immigrants are so unhappy in the EU, or any other part of the world (like the Commonwealth) for that matter, they might find "peace" at home in Brexit Britain and in the process stop embarrassing us in Britain, on the world stage as wanting special treatment based on British exceptionalism / empire / England winning WC in 1966 etc.

[@maxdavis7722]

Not really tho, anti EU sentiment is not anti European sentiment. The EU is not a country and people in the UK do not dislike people in the EU (from what I have seen it seems that EU people dislike the UK more). Also I do not understand the British exceptionalism claims, I have literally never found such a thing here in all my life. Brexit is not about British exceptionalism, it’s no secret that out of all of the countries in the EU the UK got the least value from the EU (mostly through the fact that the UK does more trade and immigration with non EU countries and its geography was not beneficial as it was an island, it also had to pay far more and couldn’t change much when needed) and the UK was less integrated as a result. It wasn’t even particularly influential and failed to get the necessary changes to satisfy the British population so a referendum was held. This is not British exceptionalism, this is simply the fact that britain did not nearly value the EU as much as a country like Germany does, the reverse is also true, the EU did not value the UK as much as Germany or France because it was less integrated.

[@heldertorres4296]

In Europe nobody cares about the UK leaving .. you people just keep bringing hate to the table...you need a therapy dud

[@prof.nakakata6992]

@@maxdavis7722 well said Max...get it off your chest, if it makes you feel better.. !!

[@maxdavis7722]

@Mantis obviously I’m not going to travel the country to observe exceptionalism. Regardless, the main purpose of my comment was to illustrate that any British exceptionalism you do find in the UK was not the driving factor behind brexit. I’ve been all over England to many big cities like Birmingham and London, and I live in the country where people are 99% English and have found no exceptionalism. Your personal experience does not define what the British are (just like how mine doesn’t either which is why I wrote the second paragraph). I don’t understand the next paragraph you wrote, I had already addressed the vast majority of the “benefits” you stated and how comparably the UK easily got the least out of the EU. Simply saying that the UK got “access to the bigger market” ignores what I wrote about how the UK does more trade and travel with non EU countries than with EU countries (even prior to brexit and it’s only increasing). I find it ironic that you mention farming subsidies, the UK got far less of that conspired to France and Germany because the UK’s industry is more service based. The EU did not grant it nearly as much help because the UK industry is simply different. If anything the subsidies were an example of how the UK had a poor deal. You will need to give far more specific reasons for why the EU is beneficial because the UK was getting a poor deal by most metrics. There are deprived areas in France and Germany as well, I don’t know why you are pretending there are not. Don’t see how this is relevant to the EU, the EU themselves admit yearly that they put less money into the UK than the UK put into the EU. Whilst this is true for many countries they found far more benefit from the other areas of the EU, the UK did not as I have already addressed.

[@maxdavis7722]

@Mantis sorry for the long comment. TLDR: we got the worst deal out of being in the EU and the EU knew this. Try to be more specific when telling me the benefits of the EU because I already addressed most of your points earlier.

[@robtyman4281]

They're NOT ex-pats...... they're immigrants - just like others who aren't British. Let's stop using this 'ex-pat' label, with all the colonialist baggage it carries with it. If they love Britain so much they voted 'Leave', then they should live here in Britain. But if they don't want to come back, then they should at least make an effort to learn the language if the country they live in. To not do this, well it's just sheer rudeness really. All these 'gammon boomers' who voted Leave are now crying because they don't have the same tights as they had when the UK was in the EU. They got what they voted for. Where's the misunderstanding? Stop moaning! Either go back to the UK, or stay in Spain, learn the language, and become a Spanish citizen. . I don't understand the mindset of those who have lived in Spain for 20+ years but who can barely speak the language. I just don't understand how you can live in a country for so long and not bother to learn the language. It's baffling, but also extremely rude and disrespectful.

[@alainportant6412]

Let's stop using expat ? Who the hell are you to tell me what to use. Loser. I'm sure you are ashamed of yourself, please remain in Britain with that pathetic attitude.

[@patrickg2120]

Salut hola amigo-a- espanol. Los ingleses son tan rudos Pareil en France ils ne parlent pas notre langue. C’est absolument irrespectueux et dans la vie tout se paie. Ils payent leur arrogance très chère… Ma foi ! Abrasos a ti de Paris ❤😊

[@mrtom3297]

I was abroad and wanted to vote. Like many British workers in the middle East our voting papers never reached us ( the Irish handled their referenda by allowing voting at their overseas embassies). So, having been disenfranchised by a complacent UK govrnement and shocked at the "bait and switch" by billionaire interests ( tax havens etc) to a hard Brexit I left the UK. What is sad is that people who had already emigrated had their rights diminished as do my children. Truth is I now really hate the people who orchestrated this removal of rights. Why did my grandparents die in the war so a that a bunch of numpties could be tricked into giving away rights so that a few billionaires press barons could avoid tax? Why were fishermen, farmers and the Ulster Unionists used and made fools of by the likes of Nigel Farage so he could earn a few more $ talking in the US.? It makes British democracy look weak ( the lack of proper voting arrangements) and the British people look like a bunch of fools. Not a great loo as I try and promote Britain and British business in my work.

[@bh5037]

one of the best summaries ever ... and you identified the real reason for Brexshit : Tax avoiding mass media Mogul Uncle Rupert ! Great !

[@deckard1970]

They're Immigrants not expats, according to the UK metric. Karma has it's way 😆

[@andrewrobinson2565]

Yep. First generation British-refugee Frenchman here. I had 🐸 frogs' legs last Monday, but they're better now. 🇪🇺🇨🇵🤣 (Edit: I really did have the Frogs' Legs; it's the Plat du Jour on a Monday at La Terrasse in Cap d'Agde, the nearest restaurant to my house. 👍)

[@melbeasley9762]

Karma for what? Choosing to live in the EU when it was quite legal to do so?

[@deckard1970]

@@melbeasley9762 to call themselves expats when are immigrants, exactly the way UK used and use to refer to EU citizens. Easy as it is. Cheers.

[@melbeasley9762]

@@deckard1970 I don't call myself anything. I'm just me. I don't mind either word, though a Spaniard once called me a nigg-r which I thought was hilarious.

[@deckard1970]

@@melbeasley9762 I wasn't referring to anyone specifically, mine was a comment about the "tone" of the video itself. Sadl6 racists are everywhere 😑

[@acme181169]

My heart bleeds for them. They've had the best of both worlds and now they're complaining because they have to choose one.

[@tentimetex]

Well, most of them can have dual citizenship, so indeed they will still have the best of both worlds. Whereas you are probably someone who voted to give them advantages over yourself.

[@acme181169]

Did you think up that crap on your own?

[@melbeasley9762]

If you are in the situation, you can comment but you have no clue to the reality.

[@bigkdog5091]

@@melbeasley9762 It's not just English immigrants in Spain who are in the situation. The rest of us on these islands are in the situation because of the madness of brexit. That's why he/she is commenting on it

[@mattheweagles5123]

They are immigrants, not ex-pats.

[@andrewrobinson2565]

Yes. I'm a first-generation British-immigrant, passport-carrying, Frenchman, living and working on the Med since 1989. My wife and I went to the same council estate comprehensive, so we're really refugees, who had a safe route to our country of choice. 😀🇪🇺🇨🇵 (Escaped and living the dream!)

[@andrewrobinson2565]

Yes. I'm a first-generation British-immigrant passport-carrying Frenchman, living and working in France (on the Med) since 1989. My wife and I both went to the same council estate comprehensive so we're really refugees who had a safe route to our country of choice. Escaped and living the dream 😀👍🍾☀️🏖️.

[@terryjardine8498]

As a UK immigrant living in Spain I must ask how the hell some people believe that this is any way the fault of the EU. Did the EU vote to leave the UK? What does piss me off is that many of us were denied the right to vote, even though this has greatly impacted us (and others). And yes I am an immigrant not an “ex-pat”. Luckily I have residency and am more than happy to spend the rest of my days in the beautiful country of Spain.

[@jojodd88]

"A lot of people have had to secure their right in Europe, and that means getting a residency card or seeking citizenship" translation : no more tax dodgers. not to mention, the process was facilitated in many countries in europe.

[@parametr]

Many had to finally become Spanish tax payers after dodging it for years. Had to get a Spanish driving license after driving illegally for years. What an outrage!

[@SlimTortoise]

Agree, They say 300,000 Brits left Spain after Brexit, probably all of them were bent, Those that were left can only increase standards for the British. Let's face it 90% of the Spanish people could not pass thier own immigration standards, For me having a residency card is by default the top 10%, Very proud to ask, great they said yes, simple as that,

[@dickybirdcch]

@@SlimTortoise they are Spanish citizens, they don’t need to take the test. You on the other being an immigrant would need to. You are the immigrant not them.

[@paulS-b7l]

The difference between an Expat and an Immigrant is that an Expat is essentially temporary, he thinks that he will eventually return to his native country, while an Immigrant has no intention of leaving and takes up residence s a native. For example, I was a USA greencard holder for several years, fully aware that it was a temporary arrangement. Then I applied for and got USA citizenship, and so far as I am concerned, I am now an American, and that’s that. I am an Immigrant now. I fly the flag, I celebrate Thanksgiving and July the 4th.

[@minischembri9893]

I why should a 3rd country UK citizen in the EU be treated differently from a 3rd country American ?? Do I remember UK MEPs turning their backs to the president of the EP ?? Well. I do !!

[@derekarnold3665]

It was shameful.

[@youtubeview4354]

British migrants should be deported back home

[@andrewrobinson2565]

It was only the stark, staring, raving mad ones, with half a brain, who followed a lazy narcissistic sociopath, who now says "up the RA" for a living 🤔. 🇪🇺🇨🇵

[@9651Eddy]

I can't buy anything from UK anymore, as the postage cost more than the item purchased, also having to pay tax in both countries. I am British, but don't buy from UK anymore. nor does the rest of the world.

[@Jonnythebaker]

What is an expat these are people who have migrated to the EU and should apply for residency in whichever country they migrated to.

[@Jonnythebaker]

@@Deadlus-p3m you are correct. But describe an EU or European citizen

[@batcollins3714]

An expat is an opinionated brit who hates being called a common immigrant.

[@andrewrobinson2565]

@@batcollins3714 Généralisation. 🇪🇺🇨🇵

[@andrewrobinson2565]

@@Jonnythebaker Me. I speak 4 languages and have 2 passports, and when I want bread or cakes I buy them from somebody skilled like you. 🤣🇪🇺🇨🇵

[@jillybe1873]

We have residency but there are many complications now that our passport country has 3rd status

[@andrewrobinson2565]

One easy choice. We became French 🇨🇵 and forgot about being British 🇬🇧. Long live the European peace project 🇪🇺. Flags, eh? 🤣☮️❤️

[@jonathansimmons5353]

Polexit mean anything?

[@andrewrobinson2565]

@@jonathansimmons5353 Good idea. They can take Hungary with them 👍.

[@jonathansimmons5353]

@@andrewrobinson2565 or veto for decades eu legislation.

[@andrewrobinson2565]

@@jonathansimmons5353 25 (and more to come) countries would have their own legislation, so not an insoluble problem if the case for alignment of values is well-made.

[@andrewrobinson2565]

@@jonathansimmons5353 Your word order betrays your roots, btw.

[@kipdynamite4164]

If these immigrants don’t like it, go home

[@DCDPM]

Expats? Don't you mean immigrant.

[@jaideeppande4498]

It's not British Expacts . It's British migrants

[@stephenwalker7870]

Your immigrants ..

[@andrewrobinson2565]

Not MY immigrants. 🇪🇺🇨🇵

[@AllansStation]

We in Scotland voted overwhelming to Remain, but we're deprived of that choice by the Westminster government

[@Julesacu]

I feel bad for you all about that. I hope you get to vote for independence and then join the EU.

[@jonross545]

Going by the number of Scottish buyers moving here close to Saintes,Charente Maritime,the Indi Referendum is voting with their feet. Best wishes from a Brit immigrant living in South West France(and loving it)!!!!!

[@minsapint8007]

Vote for independence in Indyref2.

[@johnjeanb]

@Allan Collins: We, in France had always a strong sympathy for Scottish people and we will help the best we can. The last L Truss comments on how Scottish PM (N Sturgeon) should be ignored is simply showing what the British devolutions are: subordination treaties.

[@deathstars32]

Scotland chose to be ruled by Westminster. You've only yourselves to blame

[@Gullyman23]

Replace the ridiculous word 'expat' with 'immigrant' and that'll be exactly what they are.

[@charlieyerrell9146]

One and a half million British living in the EU . How many EU people are living in the UK. Just tell the thruth.

[@guyspearing4608]

How can you be an expat and a pensioner at the same time? An expat is someone who goes abroad just for the duration of a work contract, then retires home. Please use the term "immigrants", we are immigrants and there is no place for British exceptionalism.

[@melbeasley9762]

It's just a word, I can't see why people are so uptight about it. I live in Spain, but don't refer to myself by either word. I'm just me.

[@guyspearing4608]

@@melbeasley9762 I believe people are uptight about it because it's an expression that perpetuates the idea of British people being a race apart from everybody else. When some Johnny Foreigner looks for a job in the UK to improve his lot, he's an immigrant, but when we Brits go abroad we can't possibly call ourselves that word because we've been giving it negative connotations for the last several hundred years when there should be nothing negative about the word immigrant at all. Hope that you are not too affected by Brexshit in Spain, I live here too so we're neighbours. Que se joda Brexit.

[@melbeasley9762]

@@guyspearing4608 Hello neighbour. I did all the right things, I have my residency, Spanish driving licence etc. The olny thing was because I moved here in 2008 as the banks ruined everone, I lost so much money, there is no way back, but seeing the mess the UK is in, I think I'm better off here. (In Murcia by the way).

[@guyspearing4608]

@@melbeasley9762 Yes I agree we are better off here than in the mess back in Britain, but I'm sorry to hear you lost money in the banking crisis. I'm in Barcelona.

[@melbeasley9762]

@@guyspearing4608 I'm quite pragmatic, when things happen I can't do anything about, I just move on. Not to say I don't feel anger when things aren't my fault, I just make the best of it. At least the Spanish government slashed IVA in energy prices. The UK have done nothing. I've never been to Barcelona, having spent 20 years in London, I'm not keen on big city's.

[@eaaaaaaaaaaaaaa5]

I cannot understand why anyone thinks the governments (UK and EU) are responsible for this mess. It was especially the English people who voted for Brexit. So they shoud be blamed.

[@travelingonline9346]

The only one to blame is the Tory government. The referendum was only advisory. So there was no necessity to leave, at all. There certainly was no necessity to start the leaving process without thorough planning. And even when they started it and all went badly there was no necessity to confound the EU treaties with all other international treaties and trying to withdraw from those as well, resulting in huge losses of reputation and International influence. The UK government never made serious proposals of their own and simply rejected every proposal of the EU which led to all those postponements of deadlines and "transition" periods.

[@bh5037]

The inventor of Brexshit should be blamed .... Uncle Rupert !! most of the voters were gaslighted by him and his media monopoly so they voted against their interest ... you remeber the slogans : FISH , FLAGS and FOREIGNERS ....?????? sad how a whole country can be selfinflicting its wealth and its political system ...

[@melbeasley9762]

Not to mention the media.

[@grahamelliott6041]

You mean immigrants

[@andrewrobinson2565]

I'm not mean, quite generous really, but I AM an immigrant with a French passport. 🇪🇺🇨🇵

[@brianferguson7840]

I've lived in France for nearly twenty years. Seven years with full citizenship. Nothing difficult, lots of help from.the French authorities. I have never felt the need to visit the UK since moving here. Lets leave brexit where it is, Europe is a much better place without the english.

[@kenrowe167]

Expats are British people who choose not to live in and support the UK, presumably in their own interest. As a Brit living in Ireland, I am one of them. I did not support Brexit, but I didn't get to vote (too long living abroad). But I don't expect the British government to make decisions other than in the interests of those who are RESIDENT in the UK. Yes, it affects my pension - and I can't buy British cheeses etc. anymore, but I choose to live here - and I could always move back home if I wanted to - but I don't want to, so I don't whinge and neither should you!

[@batcollins3714]

If you're living here in Ireland you're an immigrant. The only way you could call yourself an expat is if you work full time here for a British company. You are an immigrant, get over it.

[@kenrowe167]

@@batcollins3714 That's fair comment

[@carolewood3482]

Most brits living in the EU still pay taxes in the UK at the same level as residents and therefor should have the same level of support from Government.

[@andrewrobinson2565]

We love Irish Cheddar and whiskey here in France 🇪🇺🇨🇵 🤣.

[@andrewrobinson2565]

@@batcollins3714 I'm a first-generation British-immigrant passport-carrying Frenchman, living and working in France (on the Med) since 1989. My wife and I both went to the same council estate comprehensive so we're really refugees who had a safe route to our country of choice. Escaped and living the dream 😀👍🍾☀️🏖️. I'm an immigrant. Nothing to get over 😂.

[@erikk.137]

Brits musn't forget, they save now 350 mio£ /week and they have happy fish...

[@peterebel7899]

Brexit is the sovereign decision of the British people based on the kind of democracy of British preference.

[@peterebel7899]

@@Deadlus-p3m Alan First: Brexit is fact, international law. Please be aware: Everybody is responsible for own voting, selecting the right sources for information. The British people was happy not getting involved into European affairs but preferred to consume fairy tales & lies provided by press, media, politicians. For your comparison: Murdoch tried to take Germany as well, he was just thrown out by the German people. Please take own responsibility and start to turn Britain to the better.

[@AllansStation]

The Scots didn't vote to leave, we voted to remain

[@peterebel7899]

@@AllansStation In 2014 the Scots voted to go with the English. You should have known better. But you are free to take own responsibility for the own fate if you decide to do so. Europe is observing.

[@davelocktalk]

Scotland and Northern Ireland didn't vote for brexit and Northern Ireland remains in the European Union but not Scotland which has been truly shafted by English and Welsh voters and the tory Westminster government! First chance I get I will be voting for scottish independence in indy ref 2 and before you say we scots already voted in 2014 in the North Ireland act they can vote every 7 years to reunification with Southern Ireland so why should it be different for Scotland to vote every 7 years on independence!

[@freakygoblin3068]

Actually more people voted against pro-brexit parties at the last election which effectively destroyed any claim of a mandate for brexit. Especially as the referendum was non-binding.

[@anyonename8067]

🤣, UK don't want people from EU, what do you think EU will treat UK citizens?

[@kerryfry1857]

Bloomberg donates to the tories. ✊

[@amteo7107]

I left the uk 44 years ago for a new life in The Netherlands. Best thing i ever did. What i have noticed since Brexit is that a lot of busineses have left the uk and started up in The netherlands.

[@Arltratlo]

nobody said that Brexshit benefits are for the UK!

[@britishrose9417]

"Expats" 🤣 - Use the same word the British do about people who live in Britain - IMMIGRANTS!

[@DD-tr8do]

Not expats, they are immigrants. An expat is someone who is sent by a company to another country on an expatriate contact - not a pensioner on the Costa del Sol.

[@andrewrobinson2565]

I'm French, from a council estate comprehensive, not yet retired....an economic and lifestyle refugee 🇪🇺🇨🇵.

[@petermizon4344]

BRITISH EXPATS, NO SUCH THING, DONT YOU MEAN IMMIGRANTS???

[@andrewrobinson2565]

Do you HAVE to be shouty?🤔

[@deannilvalli6579]

I am quite certain that the majority of Brits who live in the EU do not speak the local language with any degree of fluency, do not integrate with the local people, do not make much effort to assimilate in any way. In fact, every single one I have ever met has fit this description. Many have evaded taxes in the country they live in, many never bothered getting residency, never bothered changing driver's license, etc. Many even voted for Brexit, thinking somehow it would only hurt European people, not them. It is this sort of hypocrisy which makes just about no one in Europe sad about the plight of British people. And as a matter of fact, the EU made it very very easy for them to get EU citizenship . They have been treated much better by the EU than the UK treats EU citizens living in the UK. The only reason they are crying is because they have a baseless belief in their own special superiority giving them special rights which on one else has. The sooner they accept that this is not true, the better off they will be.

[@Arltratlo]

to find out that you worth nothing more as a person from Africa or Asia must hurt a lot of Brits!

[@anthonyferris8912]

More than 5 million EU citizens have chosen to make the UK their home, so I suspect they’ve not been treated too bad.

[@deannilvalli6579]

@@anthonyferris8912 Your statement lacks any logic. Because they moved somewhere does not mean they are treated well there. It means they have a reason to be there, such as a job or family. There has also been a change, a clear and radical change, in the way they are treated since the UK has left the EU. You seem to lack even the most basic thinking abilities. You might also have noticed (you didn't of course, because you clearly do not really look in to these things before giving your opinion) that many have left since then and not returned. That is in fact the main cause of the labour shortage in the UK.

[@Arltratlo]

@@anthonyferris8912 you need to write to the Daily Fail that your numbers are wrong, its 3.5 million EU citizens in 2020...so make a guess how many more you have now...and after the UK started to bother them with bureaucracy and demand that Germans need to drive lorries in the UK ( German car licenses before 1992 are for 7.5t trucks, too) everyone knows that the UK government is desperate to make foreigners look bad, because they need the space for the illegal immigrants who get deported from the EU to the UK!

[@anthonyferris8912]

@@deannilvalli6579 You really are being thick. If people are not treated well, they’ll leave. Labour shortages are effecting most industrialised economies including Europe, US and Japan and are largely due to the two year Covid lock down that shut the global economy, causing a global demand surge of pent-up demand, once the global economy opened up again. Serious labour shortages didn’t kick in until the beginning of 2021 at about the same time global inflation took off and for the same reasons. Brexit happened in 2016, some five years before labour shortages and inflation. You’re spouting inaccurate bilge, that no serious economist would give much credence to.

[@neilbrie8972]

I'm French pro-EU. I decided to come back in UK before 2021 ( before closing border). I was chocked when the UK voted Brexit. But I'm for the democracy and I'm respectfull of the choice of the people. We know during politic campaign the parties lies and give promesses they don't keep. But still a choice as been made and we have to live , be resilient and accept it.

[@sanhcman666]

So u are french that after brexit was done choose to live in UK??

[@mailen7341]

@@sanhcman666 so what ? A lot of brits chose to live in the EU post 2016....

[@Roque-Cachamuiña-gs1wd]

History has taught us that living in ghettos ends up being harmful, fortunately here in Galicia, British and Irish immigrants live totally integrated, I believe it is because they are of a higher social level than the average British immigrant who lives in the Spanish east. . As for the language, they have not only learned Spanish, they have had to learn some Galician.

[@chris-ryan]

Expats you mean immigrants?

[@andrewrobinson2565]

Yes. I'm French, but I'm an immigrant from the UK. Never going back to my old council estate comprehensive school 🇪🇺🇨🇵. (Steely Dan)

[@cfclazio621]

they are not expats they are british immigrants !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@danielbtwd]

By all intents I am happy in my home on the continent. Everyone has their problems. Getting residency was quick, easy and cost me zero. Things here seem much better than what I see of in the UK.

[@petersteinmeijer519]

The U.K IS Europe, Einstein.

[@louis-philippearnhem6959]

I agree. Lots of Brits don't understand the difference between Europe and the EU.

[@aukebij3193]

expats????? imigrants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@donfzic7471]

EU Expats leaving in UK. No , only EU immigrants leaving in UK. Good riddance all UK Tories citizens leaving in all EU, EEA, Schengen, European countries.

[@101088Albert]

Why do Brits not refer to Turks, Syrians, Africans etc as Ex-Pats , why are they immigrants yet Brits in Europe are ex-pats

[@stpd1957]

Expat = immigrant

[@andrewrobinson2565]

Should I? Nah.... 🤣🤣🤣

[@bh5037]

They are no Expats , they are immigrants ... pls use the right expression !

[@jds1275]

I don't get this fixation. I keep seeing videos popping up complaining about Brexit and blaming it for everything under the sun. Video after video isn't going to change that it happened, and no one is going to reverse it. But seriously move on, it's too late, all people are doing is prolonging their own misery. It's time to figure out what you want to do now for your future and work to make that a reality, and I'm not talking about as a collective, I'm talking about each individual.

[@susannehartl3067]

But surely, we're still allowed to talk about the damage it's doing, right? After all, we do agree on the principle of FREE SPEECH, don't we?

[@MOSSFEEN]

Why do you call them Ex Pats ?? They are Nothing but IMMIGRANTS Now

[@danieledallolio1126]

Brexit is the best thing that could have happened to the European Union. The UK government has always created problems for other nations. A European Union without the UK is much better.

[@pp2021]

Been living as a civilian in Germany since 86, best choice ever made. Happy to visit every now and then, but no other ties with the UK.

[@ShoelessNomadThailand]

Poor moaning remainers. All those living in EU up to Brexit just had to apply for residency. Easy process but too late now. Get yourself a good independent lawyer and stop moaning. This was the British people voting against open borders, EU corruption, big Government and Corporation's. Including mainstream media which is losing more views every day.

[@LucaSitan]

I left Britain after 8 years in 2016 because of Brexit and many friends told me to stay and apply for residency. I am so glad I didn't, my German passport is much more valuable

[@alanedwards1179]

I moved to The Netherlands in 2006 and settled (by accident). Every single thing said by the contributors to this video apply to me. Betrayal, loss, heartache, massive inconvenience. However< know that it will take another generation until those flag waving, little Englanders are forced to face the the fact that they are gullible and stupid. They have visited terrible damage on the UK which is going to get worse. Unfortunately, we Ex-pats were the first to feel the difficulty but every UK household will feel it in the months and years to come. Project fear suggested that there would be a big bang of horror stories following Brexit, but it will instead be a slow drip, drip, drip of decline. I share the view of the lady who said that she is ashamed of out country. I also rarely visit now and and consider myself stateless.

[@clarissagafoor5222]

Why not become Duch?

[@thevoid5503]

@@clarissagafoor5222 Dutchman here: "Er zijn nog duizend wachtenden voor u.." A little test to see how integrated he has become.

[@EGR548]

@@thevoid5503 😂😂😂

[@VelvetSorrowmusic]

Expats? Do you mean immigrant !!!!🤣

[@michaelmcdonald5631]

They are immigrants

[@keithemerson6002]

Is Brexit harming British Expats?....frankly, I couldn't give a toss.....

[@MikeCaffyn1]

You missed a lot of other practical issues, like loss of pensions, excessive taxes.

[@Arltratlo]

but Brits will get a big tax cut if Lizzy is PM! many others will just die from the cold or starvation, or both!

[@alastairjamescumberpatch1097]

In Italy, as a resident, after one year you are legally required to exchange your drivers license, however the UK has failed to negotiate a bi-lateral drivers license exchange mechanism so at the end of this year we will no longer be able to drive, will have to become a leaner driver with related insurance costs and license limitations, I started to do my license in Italy but were closed for almost two years to Covid… Italians in the UK are able to convert however Brits in Italy cannot…

[@Arltratlo]

wow, i have been to Italy and the UK with my motorbike, there isnt much difference between the UK and Italy, same idiotic drivers, only the people in the UK driving on the wrong side of the road!

[@rappers5719]

As a Brit living in Greece, abiding by their laws and customs, I have had no problem at all.

[@user-qb7ms6vs7s]

As a brit living in the Netherlands how is Greece?

[@rappers5719]

@@user-qb7ms6vs7s Beautiful, Laid back, friendly and not as expensive as the UK. We rarely mix with ex-pats (unlike the majority) because we came here to integrate. Yes our Greek could be better, but we get by. Back at you. As a Brit living in the Netherlands, how is Holland?

[@user-qb7ms6vs7s]

@@rappers5719 laid back friendly cheap sounds nice. Sounds like a recipe for low blood pressure. 😄. Unless the heat bumps it back up again😄. Idea of greek food sounds good. Im in the bit closer to the german boarder east of holland. The economy is good/ infrastructure good and the cycling is perfect. People generally friendly The only thing that lets it down is the government seems to be going a bit too authoritarian at the moment some Dutch people take direct to the extreme where they become extremely rude and unbearable

[@rappers5719]

@@user-qb7ms6vs7s 😂 We are at the other end of the spectrum. Have you seen a family of four going down to the beach (not that there is one near you) on a scooter (twist and thrash) without crash helmets? I do have some Dutch friends over the other side in Sint Annaland. Perhaps they are far enough away from the German border?

[@user-qb7ms6vs7s]

@@rappers5719 next chance i get will visit thessaloniki flights are cheap. I gotta see what im missing 😁

[@gautamsarkar5064]

I also want to eat my cake and have it too.

[@alexblue6991]

At least your gas and electricity bills aren't going up by 80%

[@diegolove173]

I saw a graph apparently is 165% in the UK

[@parametr]

​@@diegolove173 it's about 165% if you add up the increase in April and the one coming in October. If you add up the one coming in Jan 2023, the estimated is a total increase of 400% since March 2022.

[@andrewrobinson2565]

And the rest 🇪🇺🇨🇵.

[@miakeogh6844]

Too many British immigrants live in Europe there are very few ex pats

[@brunobrauer6301]

"Has become a French tax payer', that's the law for everybody after 90 days, EU or UK citizens.

[@parametr]

It's 181 days in a fiscal year. But yeah, so many Brits surprised about having to follow the rules they were always supossed to follow xD

[@jonathansimmons5353]

Lol " became a french taxpayer" My condoleances... Low pay, high taxation, impots sur revenue 82% of french are on just over minimum pay €8.36 ph gross

[@robertwilkes2105]

@@jonathansimmons5353 Get your facts right. Smic (minimum hourly wage) is €8,76 nett ( after tax). Gross is €11.06. That's for a 35 hr week.

[@derekarnold3665]

@@jonathansimmons5353 Many average French workers pay little income tax depending on the size of their family. The standard rate of tax is more or less the same as the UK, depending on your income band and number of dependents. I should know I live and pay tax in France. Your last point 82% of French....is absolute nonsense. The minimum monthly wage is 1,678.95/month for a 35 hour week. 12% of French workforce are paid the minumum wage (Smic) not 82%!

[@andrewrobinson2565]

French income tax is paid by a much smaller percentage of residents of France than its British equivalent. (Edit: 43% of households - I looked it up. We work, are on French PAYE, and got a nice 1776€ income tax rebate last month 🇪🇺🇨🇵.)

[@1TimBaugh]

I'm a Brit who's been living in France for 14 years, soon I will not be able to vote in the UK, and after Brexit my local voting rights here in France were withdrawn. I love my country, I spent most of my life there, but the direction it has taken has left a large group of us in democratic limbo. And the isolation doesn't stop there. Because I'm resident in France, I can't even open a UK bank account. I am ashamed of the direction Britain has taken, and the right wing Trumpian style nonsese that has plagued our politics of late. They are good at shouting loudly and dominate a good deal of the media, but nonsese is nonsense, and we need to remember that. I guess I feel more European than anything else - but that remains a feeling unless I choose to apply for French citizenship. I never imagined ending up in this position when we moved to France.

[@EGR548]

If you like France so much to the point of moving there then you should be happy to apply for French citizenship, right?

[@1TimBaugh]

@@EGR548 Would that life were that simple

[@orchidhouse297]

The brexit votes was based on lies and false promises that many of us warned about, only to be called project fear. Many of the remainers saw themselves as European, having spent a lot of time in Europe, moving freely between the UK and the EU, several times a year. A lot of leavers I knew had not travelled extensively in Europe, only to Spain or France occasionally.

[@Arltratlo]

been only 1 time in my life in Spain, but i am German, born 200m south of the Danish border, spending my vacations in France, Italy, Austria and Switzerland.... been to the North America, South America, Asia and Oceania! so i barley get out of my country! visited England once, will never return there, been to Scotland, will return after they left the UK and never been to Wales, to many English there! if they dont like to be treated like people from Africa or Asia, the Brits can stay home and swim in their own shit!

[@philipstokes2824]

Selling the EU as a common market not the federal project it is was the biggest lie sold to the British people.

[@papi8659]

Immigrants NOT expats

[@alexanderromanov737]

Huge UK bust-up erupts after Germany makes major Ukraine support increase while the UK pulls all funding. Olivia Stringer, Charles Harrison, Sean Meleady - 13h ago Last week Spanish politician Josep Borrell, who serves as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for the EU, suggested the EU countries begin training Ukrainian soldiers to assist in their fight against Russian aggression - a policy the UK has recently ended. However, this is not the first time the proposal has been put forward. Just before Moscow launched its invasion in February, a similar plan was put to EU countries to help bring Ukrainian forces in line with NATO standards. The UK rejected the plan. The countries, also including Italy, Cyprus and Greece, feared that such training would escalate tensions with Russia unnecessarily. The training mission was backed by eastern and Baltic EU nations - those closest to Russia. Still, Berlin made a push to send cash to Kyiv along with military instructors. In February, Putin launched his invasion, tanking relations with the EU and the West. Germany, after a powerful start which was praised by Kyiv, now provides Ukraine with weapons and equipment. It's likely that Germany will now perform another step up and support the training of Ukrainian troops inside the EU with Germany leading the effort..

[@davidgreen6490]

The UK has donated more to the Ukraine effort than all the EU countries combined. The EU is still a novice in world affairs.

[@alexanderromanov737]

@@davidgreen6490 Dave, don't handle sharp objects. Ask your mum to help you cross the road.

[@davidgreen6490]

@@alexanderromanov737 SIGH. Its coming time to teach the Europeans a lesson again.

[@ToothbrushMan]

Quoting the Daily Express?

[@ToothbrushMan]

@@davidgreen6490 No it hasn't.

[@manindersingh8385]

Their called immigrants in these countries.

[@MrJudge51]

Sobbing storys all around. Specially from English emigrants. Sorry, expats. . Well, lets keep up your stiff upperlips, and carry On! ;-)

[@michaelmather7352]

Expats ! the word is immigrants , and unlike the tory members living abroad get to vote in their party leadership ,i couldn,t vote about brexit because of the 15 year rule ,even though it affects me.

[@mathiasbustos5261]

"I feel betrayed by my country" Why, because it democratically decided something that isn't convenient for you? "The EU citizenship for me is more like a religion to me" "Justice will be served" Where did anything unjust occur? Is it your right to belong to a political agreement!?!? Thank you Bloomberg for finding the first woman, a perfect example for egocentricity and entitlement!

[@stevenellis2043]

They have left Britain of their own free will

[@parametr]

Notice how British immigrants are always non-productive old people living in countries with better healthcare? Btw, hint for the French engineer's wife: if you are not a resident in a country, you are obviously not settled there; your husband who's living in France will obviously not get settled-status in UK. Shocking lack of understanding, tbh

[@ToothbrushMan]

British immigrants are ALWAYS non-productive old people?? What a blinkered, short sighted, thing to say.

[@parametr]

@@ToothbrushMan Depends on the EU country, between 50% and 64% of British immigrants are over 50 years old pensioner. Data straight from the British Office for National Statistics, mate.

[@ToothbrushMan]

@@parametr So you admit you are wrong then. Not ALL British immigrants are "non productive old people" then. Good to read. Well done.

[@parametr]

@@ToothbrushMan you are quite missing the point. ALL people have 2 legs. ALL people have one heart. Get it?

[@ToothbrushMan]

@@parametr Nope. Not sure what the number of limbs or internal organs humans has to do with it. You even quoted the ONS which is a good source.

[@barrywhite3467]

You left the UK The UK left the EU We are still part of Europe Theres an old saying "You made your bed now lie in it " Bye

[@andrewrobinson2565]

It's a sunbed 🤣🤣🤣🇪🇺🇨🇵. Love Unlimited.

[@mrmr9767]

Oh Dear How sad Never mind.... Bye Bye Karens.

[@Franglais91]

England in 1978 was a right mess. Like many of my friends I left and started a new life in France. The result of the Brexit referendum didn't surprise me at all. Just another daft reaction by the English (only half of them in fact - my family are quite lucid about the whole thing). But I was annoyed at being UNABLE TO VOTE on a referendum which affected me personally. I'm ready to take up French citizenship (tried already - it's not so easy in the Paris suburbs). Deep down I feel like I'm English but it's an illusion. England has changed and I have changed. It's best to be a citizen of wherever you feel is "home".

[@bigkdog5091]

What gets me is that you've live in France since 1978 and you still don't have a French passport. Why?

[@ratchet2505]

I'm a brexit'er but I voted remain because we were not ready for it yet, no proper debate's had been done on policy and actual spending plans. Just politicians saying what ever they wanted to say and not taking it seriously on both sides.

[@bigkdog5091]

Why are you a brexiteer? It's a fantasy. It could never happen. If you believed it then you are either deluded, brainwashed or just thick as shit. It could never have worked. It's like looking at a picture of a model and deciding you want to look like that but instead of changing diet, going to the gym and getting a makeover, you decide to perform plastic surgery on yourself in your garden shed with some tools you have lying around, even though you're not a plastic surgeon (you are in fact a professional idiot) and you have no idea what your doing. But you chop off an ear, cut off an eyelid, take the fat out of one buttock and sow up your nostrils then tell the horrified people that see the results that this is what you wanted all the time. I'm sorry but brexit has literally fucked up everything and I look at people like you with a disdain I only used to feel for rival football supporters on derby day. Fool.

[@therealchrislamont]

15 years in France, UK is dead to me now.