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Nina (Beate) call to Shelagh Fogarty on LBC radio

25th April 20192nd January 2019 by In Limbo Project

On Tuesday 1st January 2019, In Limbo Project Admin and Advocate Nina from Cologne called Shelagh Fogarty on LBC Radio to talk about Angela Merkel’s speech and the In Limbo Project. Here is Nina’s call: Here is the full (3 hours LBC program) with: Shelagh Fogarty on 1st January 2019

“The man on the left is my dad” by Maria P, UK

30th December 201830th December 2018 by In Limbo Project

The man on the left is my dad who was Ukrainian. You may note that the photo looks a little odd – the background behind dad is different to the background behind the group on the right. That’s because dad went to a photographer and had himself super imposed onto the photo. The group on … Read more

A Briton of Italian and Ukrainian roots’ story

10th June 20181st November 2017 by In Limbo

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Firstly I must explain that I’m very fortunate and privileged that I don’t have the Brexit Sword of Damocles over my own head. I live in the UK and am British by birth so my rights here are unaffected. Thanks to my Italian mamma I am also Italian so I remain an EU citizen. It’s a little complicated but my children also have the right to dual nationality through blood line and my husband through marriage.

Isabelle’s Story

10th June 201827th October 2017 by In Limbo

I first came to the UK as an au-pair girl aged 19½ in 1986. At the time, I saw the UK as a member of the then Common Market…

A German’s Story

10th June 201817th September 2017 by In Limbo

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For me the ultimate goal will be that after having taken bite sizes of time out of my life for about a year I will make the move back to Germany on 30 September 2017 – after 22 years in the UK (I will turn 38 in October). On the back of this huge shuffle sits the very readable list of downsizing, selling my flat, moving into rented accommodation, terminating my job, handing over all freelance arrangements and business contacts I build in London, packing boxes, donating unwanted items, moving in itself, finding a place to live in Germany, registering the address, completing all the legalese, signing up for insurance, sorting out pension arrangements and setting up a bank account.

Stay and I suffer, or leave and my husband suffers?

2nd May 201813th September 2017 by In Limbo

The 23rd of June 2016 was a dark day for my husband and me. We tried to joke about the referendum, as neither of us actually believed the outcome would be in favour of Brexit. We discussed what country to flee to in the event that it all went disastrously wrong, and settled on Canada. I ranted about how unfair it was that I didn’t get a vote, as a resident for 13 years and a taxpayer for 7 (after 6 years of higher education).

The difference between Europeans and the British, an Italian’s view

2nd May 20185th September 2017 by In Limbo

My mum’s dad fought during WW1 on “Carso” – the Border between Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The battlefield was just 60km away from the village where he was born…

A German and Irish couple’s story

10th June 20185th August 2017 by In Limbo

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London has been amazing for us, my Irish husband and me, German. We have lived here for almost 20 years and we came with nothing. My husband got into Advertising after working in different restaurants for several years, because he was told that he was good with numbers.