If the UK leaves the EU, what would happen to UK
citizens living in Europe? Could they be deported?
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About 1.3 million British citizens live in EU countries, while about 3 million EU nationals live in the UK 7. The top locations for Britons living on the continent are:

Spain
319,144
Ireland
249,392
France
171,346
Germany
99,909
Italy
65,975
Netherlands
47,297
Cyprus
38,844
Poland
35,829
Belgium
24,915
Sweden
20,839

Most British people living in Europe are either engaged in skilled work, own property or are retirees living on their pensions. People who are established, and living legally, in a country are certainly not going to be expelled. One reason for this is that many retired British people live in European countries (for example, the 18,067 living in Greece) that are either poor or suffering from the Eurozone's austerity policies; the income they provide is highly valued. People with an established legal residency are not going to be expelled.

(more here: eurofacts@telegraph.co.uk )

This prospect is just another example of the scare-mongering by the Remain side.