Iceland’s government announced on Friday that the UK and three EEA EFTA States (Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway) have reached an agreement on citizens’ rights should Britain leave the European Union without a withdrawal agreement.

“The agreement protects the rights of EEA EFTA citizens living in the UK and British citizens living in the EEA EFTA states, providing certainty that they can continue to do so in the event of a no-deal Brexit,” the Icelandic government said in a statement.

“This means that citizens’ residence rights have been secured regardless of the outcome of the negotiations between the EU and the UK,” Iceland, an EU outsider, added.