Home Office 'has head in sand' over EU citizens living in UK

The Home Office has been accused of having its "head in the sand" over the position of EU citizens living in the UK, after an official said that guaranteeing their right to remain after Brexit would cost the UK "negotiating capital" in withdrawal talks.

A senior official in the Home Office's immigration and border policy directorate said in a letter to a group representing European expats that Britain would be put at an "immediate disadvantage" in negotiations if it made a unilateral move to assure them they can stay.