JEREMY CORBYN led an emergency demo yesterday evening demanding EU citizens be allowed to stay in post-Brexit Britain.

The Labour leader joined protesters outside Parliament pushing for MPs to endorse peers’ amendements to the Brexit Bill on guaranteeing the rights of EU nationals.

In the Commons, SNP MP Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh asked Brexit Secretary David Davis whether he would consider a “deportation process” of all EU citizens if the amendment is not passed.

He responded: “It’s incredible to think that me, I — of all people — would sign up to a deportation process.

“The answer here is simple. I take as a moral responsibility the future guarantees of all four million citizens” — referring to three million EU citizens in Britain and one million Brits on the continent.”

Shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer accused the Tories of “having an obsession with a clean Bill” in disagreeing with the amendments and claiming that any changes would delay the triggering of Article 50.

He said: “What’s the problem? This is not about delay. Accept the amendment and get on with it … this is a matter of principle.”

Migrants’ rights campaigns, students, Momentum and the People’s Assembly called the emergency demonstration to demand that the government does not use people’s lives as bargaining chips in the Brexit negotiations.

Mr Corbyn said: “Labour opposes the government’s refusal to guarantee the rights of the three million EU citizens, who have made Britain their home and contribute to our society and economy.

“Their future, and the future of British nationals living in the EU, should not be used as a bargaining chip, which is why Labour is seeking to amend the Article 50 legislation to secure their rights.”

MPs were still locked in debate as the Star went to press.

Downing Street revealed yesterday that Article 50 will not be triggered this week, as mooted by Ms May.