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Instead Edward Llewellyn, the British ambassador, was subjected to a two-hour roasting by angry British nationals. “I went there seeking reassurance and I came away terrified about my future,” Ian Fox, a senior executive at an internationally renowned consumer brand in Paris, told the Guardian after the meeting. One woman wanted to know about inheritance law for children born in France and when the Department for Exiting the European Union official told her it was not within “his scope”, she interrupted: “Just say you don’t know.” She also wanted answers about the future EU research funding rights for a PhD student born to British parents in France, but now studying in London. Afterwards she said many felt the only way to not be stripped of rights was to get French nationality. “You say May is looking after our interests,” he told the ambassador. Whatever they are doing can only be considered making the best of a very bad job indeed.” Our rights to EU citizenship are worth fighting for – despite Brexit | Jolyon Maugham Read more About 60 British nationals went to the “outreach” meeting on Monday night, armed with detailed questions about their rights, the rights of their children to remain EU citizens, and freedom to continue working across Europe. There are an estimated 100,000 British nationals in France and, like many of the estimated 1 million Britons settled in other EU countries, chief among their concerns are the end of freedom of movement after Brexit and employment rights. British people will become third country nationals after Brexit. The British officials did not have a good answer for one man who asked how Britons would be treated when national law in some countries dictates that priority is given to EU nationals in employment, barring UK nationals from automatic consideration for jobs in the EU post-2020. ” The ambassador said he would feed the concerns raised back to the government and would hold more outreach events in future.