EU citizens living in the UK have been “left in limbo” since the referendum, according to one of the senior figures for the Leave campaign during teh EU referendum.
Gisela Stuart is to head up a cross-party inquiry, for think-tank British Future, on how to protect the rights of EU citizens living in the UK.
Ms Stuart said the government should make it clear that EU citizens will be allowed to stay and that it was the “right thing to do”.
"There is wide agreement, among the public, politicians and business, that EU citizens are welcome here," she told the BBC.
The former co-chair of the Vote Leave campaign said she was "confident" the government would guarantee EU nationals status and that it was what the campaign had promised all along,
The inquiry is set to publish its findings in the autumn and will also look at EU citizens’ welfare and healthcare rights in the UK.
So far the government has indicated a desire to protect EU citizens’ living in the UK if Britons living in Europe are treated similarly.
