Still too many holes in Theresa May's promise to EU citizens

May mentioned a special category of 'settled status' for EU nationals living in the UK

A full year after the EU referendum, the British prime minister has finally issued a statement on the status of the 3m European citizens living in the UK. These people have spent the year lobbying governments, parliaments and relevant organisations all over Europe for clarity about their post-Brexit rights – as well as those of British people living in Europe. Now that a statement has finally been made, they are supposed to feel reassured.

But there is little substance so far. While Theresa May’s offer to award all non-UK EU citizens the right to remain