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The triggering of Article 50 on 29 March did little to dispel the uncertainty around EU nationals’ status within the UK. As stories of proliferate of long term UK residents subject to deportation orders and those with family ties blocked from returning to live and care for their loved ones, it is pertinent to examine how Brexit may reshape the right to family life in Britain as negotiations progress. Doubt remains as to what types of rights EU nationals will have access to and how this will affect existing family forms, intimacies, future relationships and caring responsibilities – especially when such responsibilities stretch beyond UK borders.
Family visa regimes provide one powerful way for the state to articulate what a family can and should be.
