Egypt gets Brexit boost from British sunseekers

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We’re putting our property on the market.” While the UK was part of the European Union, British citizens could spend as long as they wished in any EU nation. But under the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, the UK government negotiated for British passport holders to be subject to the standard EU rules for “third country nationals”. Ms Stewart-Davis said: “We bought a villa in Spain, to just go and relax by our own pool, with nobody interfering.” Until Brexit took full effect at the start of 2021, they spent six months from April to September in the UK and the other six months in Spain. On a Facebook group, “After Brexit in Spain,” Terry Henney wrote: “Since we moved to USA to look after our grandchildren and help our kids, we dreamt of eventually returning to our beloved Spain.