This briefing identified that in the aftermath of a no-deal Brexit, many EU nationals would still wish to work in the United Kingdom, and UK nationals in Europe. At the time of writing the immigration systems that would govern movement between the United Kingdom and the bloc were still to be determined.

The report recognisese that during the limbo period while these policies were hashed out, newly arrived UK immigrants in EU countries as well as those longer-standing UK residents who do not fulfil the requirements for a post-Brexit status would find themselves in a kind of tolerated irregularity.

Published in September 2019 by Migration Policy Institute Europe.