Welshwife I feel sorry for the young people too; so many things they will miss out on. My SGCs have been coming to Spain all their lives as their other GPs lived here as well, but they bailed out and moved back two years ago. One GC started Uni last year and the other two this year. So many lost opportunities. Having said that, I was here before Spain joined the EU. When my younger daughter left school, her first employer had to take on two Spanish workers in order for her to get a work permit. This is what may happen again in the future.
CherryTree59 as you will have gathered, I am in Spain. I have no fear of being thrown out after Brexit, firstly because the Spanish Gov. have already declared that they would not do that, but also I am married to a Swiss National so could piggyback on his residency anyway for the time being. I say for the time being because the Swiss have recently voted to stop the free movement of people and at some point their Gov. will have to implement this. No free movement of people equals no freedom of movement for anything else, and so the agreement they have with the EU will break down. Our biggest worry has always been the continuance of health cover for pensioners, as although DH is Swiss, the larger part of his pension comes from the UK and they pay for his cover.