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Originally Posted by Cherie
Hugely worrying time for non British residents, I'd like to think there would be an amnesty for those resident here at the time of the referendum, but who knows
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Exactly, this would be the most sensible solution. Rule out the deportation of anyone who was living and working in the UK at, say, the start of July 2016. Don't rule out the deportation of those who arrive after that time, but make it very clear that this is the case (so that anyone considering migrating here knows the situation before making that decision).
Outright refusing to rule it out is insane. There are people here who have been living here for decades... Many of them have lived in the UK for longer than they lived anywhere else. The UK is their country as much as it is for someone born here.
We have an English woman at work who turned 60 this year, she moved to Scotland when she was 15. She still has a sort of weird hybrid accent but as she's fond of telling younger customers who mention her Englishness; "I'm more Scottish than you are, I've lived here longer!"