24 February 2021
Politico, 23 February 2021.
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"LONDON — The European Commission will remind member countries that border officials should not be stamping the U.K. passports of British citizens living in the bloc, a practice that goes against the terms of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.
U.K. nationals living in the EU complained to POLITICO that they were having their passports stamped when re-entering the visa-free Schengen Area after the end of the Brexit transition period.
British officials raised the issue on Tuesday at a meeting of the EU-U.K. Joint Specialised Committee on Citizens’ Rights, which oversees the implementation of this part of the deal. In response, the Commission officials agreed to remind member countries of the need to ensure border officers are aware of the new rules, according to one official in the room.
The U.K. officials also raised concerns about the different pace at which British nationals are being registered as residents across the EU, with large differences even among regions of the same country, the official said.
The meeting, the first to take place since the end of the Brexit transition period, also covered the difficulties some EU nationals living in Britain face in proving their residence when applying to the U.K.’s EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) and in demonstrating their rights, according to a statement published jointly by the U.K. government and the Commission."
Source: Politico, 23 February 2021
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