Testimonies

Testimonies

The publications of In Limbo and In Limbo Too were not the end of story – and triggered a number of new and also updated testimonies.
Here you will find a small selection which we will rotate regularly.
Check this page from time to time to see new testimonies.

  • Stranded in Poland

    My son, 16, was left stranded at the Polish airport last night. He went through border control but was stopped...

  • The one true love of my life…

    Cologne university, 1992, it was my final exam of English. “So, what do you want to do after your studies?”...

  • Separated from partner with critical illness

    My mum is 84. Her life partner is French and lives in France. They have always taken it in turns...

  • Juggling Choices

    I was born in GB and brought up in a very cosmopolitain family with an English mother and an Irish...

  • Still in limbo…

    I went to Paris in June for 3 days and on the day of my return,  I was denied boarding...

  • The Other…

    Today I'm travelling to Liverpool. In September 1976, I travelled by train to Liverpool for the first time to start...

  • Trying to get home

    Our home is Europe. I am French, my partner is British, but first we are Europeans. We each have our...

  • The roots that will endure…

    Imagine if you were a frightened 10 year old boy, fleeing with your elder brother and parents in a hastily-packed...

  • This isn’t home anymore

    I am finally ready to share my testimony. I guess it took so long as it's easier not to talk...

  • Tribute for our dear friend Doro

    It is more than a week ago already since Marlies and Adrian Haselton and Elly Wright attended the woodland funeral...

  • Neighbours and Friends

    I have the best next door neighbours who are from Romania, they’ve been here 4 years and moved in next...

  • Tribute for our dear friend Doro

    A week ago already since Marlies and Adrian Haselton and Elly Wright attended the woodland funeral of our much loved...

  • REFLECTIONS

    These are some of my thoughts on the UK leaving the EU. I live in the Netherlands and have done...

  • CHANGE

    "The only thing that can redeem humanity is cooperation.” (Bertrand Russell) Change is the only constant, and we’ve all been...

  • THE BUCKET LIST

    Young Matt: “I get so angry sometimes. People are so unthinking. They say ’We just don’t want any more newcomers,...

  • Like a Poppy in the Storm

    When I first moved to the UK I was apprehensive, because of my country's history, how would people see me?...

  • Feeling Whole Again…

    I was born a Czech, of two Czech parents, in 1948 in Prague. My father was a Czech refugee in...

  • HOPING AGAINST HOPE

    I have lived in France for four years, I moved here with my husband from the UK a matter of...

  • Land of the lonely trees…

    That is how I called it, the land that I fell in love with when I was 16 years old....

  • One more broken marriage

    I have lived in the UK since I was 19 years old. I studied, got a job, got married, had...

  • Moving back. It is not so easy anymore.

    We departed London in February 2009 for an adventure, living and working in Switzerland and subsequently in The Netherlands where...

  • Like a Divorce…

    France was my home for seventeen years, then a second home for ten. I moved there, having dreamed of doing...

  • Drowning in bureaucracy

    I am a British Citizen living and working in Spain since 2016. My husband is a Spanish resident with Moroccan...

  • Stranded

    My name is Richard Wallace, a British Citizen, and I’ve been happily married to Riekje (official name: Hendrika van de...

  • For the love of Karol…

    I used to be happy in Poland. Married with 3 children our apartment was not big, but with the little...

  • Finding our worth in post Brexit England

    Never have I ever thought that France could eventually become a better prospect than the UK for me. I speak...

  • Suddenly so very far away…

    I‘m writing with a heavy heart about fears I hoped I would never have to deal with. I am Austrian,...

  • Freedom Confined

    I am a British Citizen in Austria. My partner is Austrian and we were both quite happy in the UK...

  • Living the European dream

    Almost 34 years ago my parents arrived in France - in a Europe whose borders were still closed, free movement...

  • Longing to belong…

    I'm one of those that they all really hate. I'm one of those that they talk about a lot. But...

  • A stateless state of mind

    It has been four years since my initial testimony that back then started as a rather random collection of anxious...

  • Invisible

    I arrived in Scotland from Belgium in September 2013 following my Scottish boyfriend -now husband- after finishing university with a...

  • Broken Bridges to Nowhere…

    In October 2018 we travelled to the UK from our home in Valpolicella, Italy, to await the arrival of our...

  • A new kind of Limbo…

    Here I am, 2.5 years after leaving the UK, moving “back” to Germany, and I still find myself in Limbo....

  • Still in EUSS Application Limbo

    My status in the UK is of crucial importance to me but of greater importance at this very moment in...

  • It’s Not the Same

    The first time I came to Cornwall, I was 1 year old.I have memories of playing on Readymoney Beach with...

  • #InLimboMessages

    …are Messages of hope, kindness & solidarity from our members and followers which we share on Twitter and Facebook during the COVID-19 crisis....

  • HOME IS WHERE I AM WANTED…

    I feel a “foreigner” in my own country. When Freedom of Movement happened in Humberside, the whole region bloomed. Hundreds...

  • Announcement – 16. March 2020

    This is a difficult time for all of us and the In Limbo admin team has been thinking long and...

  • Exposing their motives…

    I moved to Estonia back in 2010 out of a love for Europe and the drying up of opportunities in...

  • No longer my country…

    I came to the UK 25 years ago, recruited by the government for my language skills, on a very low...

  • When the rules get changed in mid game…

    In 1997 I moved to Spain and spent the next 13 years raising my 3 sons as beautiful, bi-lingual Europeans....

  • Storms in my heart…

    Long, long ago I left Iraq for political reasons. I lost „home“ there and never quite got over that. I...

  • Where is home…?

    Brexit happened at last and I am fine. Or so it seems. I have been trying to name the feeling...

  • Into the Darkness

    I landed in Heathrow on a BA flight from Bologna on 31 March 2016, just a few months after my...

  • Bursting the Bubble

    Picture the scene: 25 years. For 25 years we were rubbing along quite happily. I say that, but if I’m...

  • Do not clip their wings…

    In early 1996 one late evening the telephone rang. I was in bed but I clearly remember my son, a...

  • Middle-of-the-night musings

    It’s the middle of the night and sleep has eluded me. I’ve been awake for hours and earlier I felt...

  • #InLimboVoices

    …are Mini-Testimonies we share almost daily on Twitter and Facebook. We have asked thousands of EU citizens in the UK...

  • In Limbo: Brexit testimonies from EU citizens in the UK

    Watch the book trailer for the moving and powerful collection of testimonies collected by Elena Remigi and Véronique Martin, edited...

  • Freedom of Movement is beautiful – #FoMisBeautiful

    Freedom of movement is a wonderful achievement and an asset – we value and cherish it and don’t want to...

  • France24 Interview with Elena Remigi

    France24 news anchor Eve Irvine  interviews Elena Remigi, founder of the In Limbo Project live on Wednesday 30th January 2019. Eve:...

  • CBC interview with Elena Remigi – January 2019

    Founder of the In Limbo Project and editor of both In Limbo books Elena Remigi is interviewed by Canadian Broadcast Corporation  (CBC)...

  • Liverpool – Sunday 16th December 2018

    After 905 days or 2 years and 175 days of being #InLimbo please listen to this heartfelt and brilliant speech...

  • Second-class citizen

    I can tell you exactly when they took my identity. It was on the 24 June 2016 at 4.40am precisely....

  • What breaks us…

    We moved to retire somewhere with clean air, slower pace of life and a strong community and so we moved...

  • Thoughts…

    I would like to share a conversation I had at work last Sunday. I have worked in the NHS for...

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