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.
Testimonies
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...
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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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