Thread by @TanjaBueltmann

Over 10k people liked this tweet. But likes only go so far in helping us EU27 citizens in the UK. Fortunately it is really easy to take one more little step to do just that: all it takes is *YOU* becoming an #EUcitizensChampion for @The3Million
Go to ➡️ gofundme.com/eucitizenscham…

https://twitter.com/klaaswynne/status/1035951770432929792

Even just £1 from each of you 10k+ would make a real difference. Here is how: it would help fund the critical work of @The3Million, ensuring that no EU27 citizen is left behind because of Brexit. This work cannot be carried out without your help. eucitizenschampion.co.uk/details-on-pla… 2/

I appreciate that some of you may think that the best thing to do is to support stopping Brexit instead. If so, I would like to ask you to please recognise that EU27 citizens cannot just hope for that: we are affected *now* already. Hence the support work must continue now. 3/

While donations have always been used to deliver activities and support, much of what @The3Million do still relies on volunteered time. It is neither acceptable nor possible for that to continue given that 3.7 million EU27 citizens need to be supported. 4/

We cannot rely on the UK government. They deliberately chose to make us bargaining chips and even now, after over 800 days of limbo, are not willing to guarantee our rights. Think about that in the context of the #HostileEnironment. 5/

Settled status, the planned new status for us, requires an application. Applications can be rejected and the status potentially brings serious risks even if the application is successful. In the event of no-deal everything is up in the air. eucitizenschampion.co.uk/project/citize… 6/

That is why I came up with the #EUcitizensChampion campaign in support of the vital work of @The3Million. More here: politics.co.uk/comment-analys… 7/

And here are some visual impressions from activities for the launch of the campaign and more. See also @eucitizenschamp. twitter.com/i/moments/1030… 8/

So please: to all of you 10k+ who cared about the tweet above enough to interact with it, and to all who see this now, please do take that one little next step and make a donation in support of @The3Million. Even if only small, every little does help!
gofundme.com/eucitizenscham… 9/

And obviously: please share this as widely as the original tweet to help make it work. Show us that Twitter can genuinely help and that you do care about us — because we care about you: that’s why we’re still here in the UK. Thank you. 10/10