Economics
Britons Living in Sunny Spain Dodge No-Deal Brexit Bullet
- Access to health care safeguarded under government decree
- U.K. would have to protect reciprocal rights of Spaniards
Photographer: Stefano Buonamici/Bloomberg
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Spain pledged to guarantee the residence rights of British citizens and safeguard their access to health care as the government offered reassurance that they won’t be hurt in the event of a chaotic Brexit.
“The fundamental goal is that no citizen, whether British or Spanish, is left unprotected,” Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said at a press conference in Madrid. He spoke after the Spanish cabinet signed off on the decree protecting the rights enjoyed by Britons living in Spain -- assuming the same terms apply to Spaniards now living in the U.K.