UK and EU Set for Clash Over Citizens’ Rights

UK and EU Set for Clash Over Citizens’ Rights
An anti-Brexit demonstrator waves a EU flag outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, January 30, 2018. Reuters/Toby Melville
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WUHAN, China—Prime Minister Theresa May has warned that European citizens arriving in Britain after Brexit next year may lose some rights, setting up a clash with the European Union over their treatment during any transition period.

Curbing immigration was a key reason why Britons voted to leave the EU in 2016, following a large influx of EU citizens, especially from poorer countries in eastern Europe.