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Brexit Is a Gloomy Tale for Brits With EU Jobs in Luxembourg

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Sightseers stand on the city's old fortifications at dusk in Luxembourg. — Sightseers stand on the city's old fortifications at dusk in Luxembourg.
Photographer: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg

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Stephanie Bodoni

March 31, 2019, 4:00 AM UTCUpdated onApril 1, 2019, 3:00 PM UTC

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Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel joked that Brexit is like Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot.” Unfortunately, many U.K. citizens in the Grand-Duchy have become the protagonists in a tragicomedy of their own.