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Travellers caught up in extension of ‘hostile environment’ policy tell of being made to feel like criminals.
THE Home Office has launched a new information campaign urging EU citizens living in the UK to apply for its settlement scheme as soon as possible.
Europeans with job interviews tell of detentions and expulsions despite rules allowing non-visa holders to attend interviews
Torture survivors and lone children stuck in Greece and Italy after Home Office ‘deliberately’ ends cooperation on family reunions. / “Before Brexit, there was a clear process for children to join their families in the UK, but since then the government has failed to communicate effectively with European authorities,” said Bethany Gardiner-Smith.
Refugees face risk of deportation under Priti Patel’s ‘cruel’ asylum overhaul, charities warn
24/03/2021
Plans to deny automatic right to asylum to refugees arriving in UK via unauthorised routes spark alarm.
The Home Office has launched a voluntary repatriation scheme for EU nationals living in the UK.
Settled status: Job adverts on Government site ask for proof of right to remain, against Home Office guidance
25/01/2021
The Home Office has insisted that EU nationals should not be asked for proof of their right to work in the UK, but a number of adverts published on the DWP job page ask for settled status evidence.
Despite relief that the UK has managed to leave the transition period with a trade deal, the future offers little hope of reassurance or certainty for millions.
Report says delays have left Border Force officials reliant on 26-year-old technology
Tens of thousands of EU citizens face deportation because of government settled status scheme, MPs warn
07/09/2020
MPs call for Home Office 'settled status' to be replaced by legal right to stay in letter to Boris Johnson
Without physical proof of our settled status, EU citizens like me fear for our futures post-Brexit
24/01/2020
The Home Office says the EU settlement scheme is working. Working for whom, exactly?
‘This is only the tip of the iceberg’: EU nationals in UK already facing difficulty with digital-only status amid warnings of ‘crisis’ ahead
22/08/2020
EU citizens held up in airports and facing delays in moving house because they can’t provide physical proof of UK residency – despite government’s own assessment warning digital-only status would cause ‘a lot of issues’.
One in 10 applicants who received outcomes last month given no immigration status, new data shows.
UK could lose right to share security and business data with EU after Brexit, minister admits
16/06/2020
Alternatives 'might need to be pursued', James Brokenshire tells inquiry - prompting demands to reveal how UK will be 'protected'.
EU citizens rights campaigners The3Million have said that “numerous” EU nationals are being refused Universal Credit because of their settlement status.
Home Office refuses people EU settled status on grounds of eligibility for first time.
‘Nowhere to go’: Outrage at Home Office after vulnerable EU nationals applying to stay in UK left without support
06/03/2020
Domestic abuse victims and children in care among those affected by ‘last minute’ announcment of crucial funding, campaigners say.
Britain’s government has spent at least 4.4 billion pounds of taxpayers’ money on preparations to leave the European Union, the public spending watchdog said on Friday, in the first detailed estimate of the cost of Brexit.
The U.K. government has spent at least 4.4 billion pounds ($5.7 billion) preparing for Brexit since the 2016 referendum, according to figures released by the National Audit Office.
Government departments spent more than £4bn on preparations for leaving the EU, says the public spending watchdog.
Priti Patel warned her immigration crackdown will ‘cut the legs off’ the UK music industry
21/02/2020
Home Office accused of refusing to listen to £111bn-a-year culture sector – just weeks after a minister admitted government must retain free movement
Bloc’s first UK ambassador says right to remain for many vulnerable Europeans must be protected.
Home Office presides over 100 data breaches in administration of EU settlement scheme, says watchdog
27/02/2020
EU nationals’ passports lost and ID cards sent to wrong addresses in ‘concerning’ data breaches, report finds
The Home Office's proposed skills criteria and salary threshold for overseas workers will "decimate" the north's hospitality sector, an industry representative has said.
Home Office pours cold water on artists’ hopes of retaining free movement between the UK and the EU.