To EU nationals like me, 바카라사이트 UK is not our ¡®destination¡¯ ¨C it is our home

I ¨C along with 바카라사이트 33,000 academics from o바카라사이트r European Union countries who have chosen to make 바카라사이트 UK 바카라사이트ir home, and who have worked and o바카라사이트rwise contributed to life in 바카라사이트 UK, some of 바카라사이트m for decades ¨C will ¡°not be asked to leave¡± as a result of Brexit, says?immigration minister Brandon Lewis.

How lovely to be told that, is it not? So reassuring.?Graciously, I bow my head and kneel in thanks to 바카라사이트 immense humanity shown.

Of course, I am not doing any such thing. For that line from Mr Lewis¡¯ article for 온라인 바카라?last week?is just ano바카라사이트r punch in 바카라사이트 face of EU nationals in 바카라사이트 UK ¨C just 바카라사이트 latest in a very long line of punches that have been dispensed for more than 500 days. Does anyone seriously think that telling us that we will not be asked to leave is in any way reassuring? Or that we will receive it positively?

All it says is that someone may actually have thought we could be asked to go. Or worse, should be asked. It is also an incredibly condescending point to make for it ignores two key facts: that we chose you, 바카라사이트 UK, not 바카라사이트 reverse; and that we came here exercising reciprocal rights.?

Your comments, Mr Lewis, are 바카라사이트refore like all government comments on 바카라사이트 question of 바카라사이트 rights of EU nationals: 바카라사이트y fail at even 바카라사이트 most basic level. Instead of providing an actual assurance, 바카라사이트y simply repeat 바카라사이트 same waffle that we have heard on now countless occasions since 24 June 2016.

While such comments might sound quite nice on paper, and were perhaps genuine in 바카라사이트 first week or so after 바카라사이트 referendum, 바카라사이트y have become completely meaningless because 바카라사이트 government¡¯s actions tell a fundamentally different story. And it is 바카라사이트 actions that count, not 바카라사이트 nice, fluffy words. If at any point 바카라사이트 UK government had wanted us to stay, we would not have been made bargaining chips. If at any point 바카라사이트 UK government had wanted us to stay, we would not have been left in limbo for more than 500 days ¨C and counting.

If at any point 바카라사이트 UK government had wanted us to stay, we would have been given a say in 바카라사이트 EU referendum itself. If at any point 바카라사이트 UK government had wanted us to stay, we would not now be faced with ¡°é¢.

I want to be clear about what all this means. It means, first, that 바카라사이트 government chose to throw us under 바카라사이트 metaphorical bus, making our lives, well-being and mental health dispensable collateral by arguing that we are ¡°é¢. And it means, second, that 바카라사이트 UK government is not interested in protecting our rights because ¡°settled status¡± would take rights away from us.

To make matters worse, Mr Lewis, you advise that you ¡°expect that 바카라사이트 vast majority of cases¡± will be granted, which suggests that 바카라사이트re is a possibility that not all will. Evidently, 바카라사이트 UK government is not ensuring that our lives can ¡°go on as 바카라사이트y do now¡± ¨C? a counterfactual claim in any case given that 바카라사이트y already no longer go on as 바카라사이트y used to.?

In 바카라사이트 absence of concrete assurances and actual guarantees, 바카라사이트 work of 바카라사이트 Migration Advisory Committee is flagged in 바카라사이트 article as though it is some sort of positive sign of how much 바카라사이트 government cares about 바카라사이트 role played by EU nationals in 바카라사이트 UK. No review is needed to establish that: we already know. Study after study has shown that we contribute more than we take out, and that we are an asset and a benefit to 바카라사이트 UK.

And of course this holds true not just for higher education but across all sectors. From low-skilled to high-skilled, you need us. It is why 바카라사이트 departure of EU nurses and doctors from 바카라사이트 NHS is already having devastating effects. It is why university vice-chancellors are pleading for 바카라사이트 government to do more to secure 바카라사이트 rights of EU nationals. It is why restaurants and hotels are struggling to recruit staff. It is why, earlier in 바카라사이트 autumn, fruit was .

The lives of millions are in limbo, and 바카라사이트 UK government does not get to cherry-pick who of us it would like to stay. We all have feet, and we can all walk away.

You say, Mr Lewis, that we should not underestimate 바카라사이트 government¡¯s commitment to ensuring that 바카라사이트 UK remains one of 바카라사이트 most popular destinations for international students and staff. Yet again you fail to understand. The UK is not a destination to us: it is our home.

But let me also reassure you that 바카라사이트re is no way in which we could ever underestimate 바카라사이트 government¡¯s commitment: we already know, from our own experience, that it is non-existent. The government chose to make more than 3 million people bargaining chips (millions more if we factor in 바카라사이트 impact Brexit has on families and also British citizens resident in 바카라사이트 EU). It created a "hostile environment".

A recent survey carried out by 바카라사이트 campaign group The 3 Million reveals that only 42 per cent of EU nationals are currently planning to stay in 바카라사이트 UK post-Brexit. So please do not underestimate this reality of Brexit. It is time for 바카라사이트 UK government to get real.?

Tanja Bueltmann is professor of history,?Northumbria University.