Britain's government has abandoned plans to end freedom of movement for European Union citizens immediately after a possible no-deal Brexit and will instead return to an earlier policy of giving them three years' temporary leave to remain. The fate of EU migrants had been thrown further into confusion by the government’s announcement last month that their automatic right to live and work in Britain would end abruptly - and sooner than expected - in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The plan was branded reckless by lawyers, which said it could result in millions of EU nationals who were legally resident in Britain but had not yet applied for settled status losing some of their rights.
