EU to ask UK to respect citizens’ rights after mistreatment scandals

Exclusive: Message to Boris Johnson comes after citizens with UK job interviews say they were locked up

EU leaders will call on Boris Johnson to respect the rights of their citizens in the wake of scandals over their treatment in the UK, including their detention in removal centres, according to a leaked draft statement seen by the Guardian.

The message to the British prime minister will follow a first discussion of EU-UK relations between the 27 heads of state and government since the ratification of the trade and cooperation agreement struck last Christmas Eve.