Petition · past parliament

Guarantee EU nationals living in the UK before 23rd June the right to remain.

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

EU nationals living here for many years have family, children, jobs for many years. Their life is here. They contribute to society and communities just like British citizens. They should be allowed to remain here if living here before the EU referendum result without great psychological distress.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

5 Jul 2016 Petition opened for signatures
18 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17
Status Rejected
Rejected 18 Jul 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.