A map of the network that serves you

Who we are

The EU Citizens' Rights Network is an independent, volunteer-run information service for EU, EEA and Swiss citizens and their family members living anywhere in the United Kingdom — and for those still in Europe who are planning to move here or visit. We are small and new, and we say so plainly. What we offer is simple and free: a clear, current map of the institutions that serve you, and plain-English explanations of your rights.

This service is for European residents of the UK whenever they arrived and whatever their legal route — people covered by the Withdrawal Agreement, people who came later on work, student or family visas, and family members of any nationality. Different routes come with different rights, but everyone is entitled to fair and lawful treatment.

Why "Network"?

The word does not mean a membership, a club or an association you join. It means infrastructure — the web of connections between people and the institutions that serve them. Regulators, watchdogs, advice services, embassies, councils: they already exist, they already have power, and together they form the network that serves EU citizens in the UK. What is missing is the map. Most people cannot see the network, so they cannot use it.

That is what this site is: the map of the network, and your route through it. The institutions we describe are on the map, not in a club — we list them because they serve you, not because they work with us. The founder is a bridge engineer, and the idea comes straight from his profession: a bridge does not carry you anywhere by itself. It connects you to the place you need to reach, and it has to be built carefully, checked regularly, and kept open for everyone. That is the standard we hold this site to — and yes, it is why the logo is a bridge.

What we do — and what we deliberately don't

We map, we explain, we signpost. We keep every link and every directory entry checked against official sources, and we mark when each page was last reviewed.

We do not take on cases, hold case files, run a database, collect stories, or give immigration advice. Immigration advice in the UK is a regulated activity, and rightly so — our job is to get you to a regulated adviser or the right official body quickly, not to stand in for them. And we hold no personal data at all: a deliberate choice, explained on the privacy page, so that using this site can never create a record about you.

Our independence

We are independent: not affiliated with, funded by, or endorsed by the European Union, the Council of Europe, the UK Government, or any political party. We are non-partisan — our only cause is fair treatment. We name no partners because we have none yet; if real partnerships come, we will say so only when they exist.

The founder

The Network was founded by A. Constantinescu, an EU citizen and bridge engineer who has made the UK his home. Like hundreds of thousands of others, he arrived with rights that were clear on paper — to work, to study, to healthcare, to fair treatment. Exercising them proved to be another matter: rights that should have been automatic repeatedly had to be claimed, evidenced, appealed and won, one institution at a time.

What he learned from those years was not bitterness but a map — which doors open, which routes work, and how much easier every step would have been if someone had drawn that map for him at the start. A bridge engineer builds the connections people cross. This site is that bridge: built so the next person does not start from zero.

What's next

We will stay an information service — that is the point. As it grows we plan a community group on Facebook, where people can share experience directly with each other (on Facebook's platform, not ours — this site will stay data-free). If you would like to help keep the map current, especially if you speak a community language, email us.