EU nationals who cannot prove ‘settled status’ being wrongly denied basic rights, report finds
20/01/2020
One in 10 Europeans in Britain have been wrongly told to provide proof of settlement despite it not being requirement until after Brexit, research suggests.
EU citizens will not automatically be deported if they fail to sign up to the settled status scheme by the 2021 deadline, Downing Street has said.
EU Brexit spokesman says Britain reassured him about those who do not apply for settled status.
European parliament says mixed messages have caused ‘unhelpful uncertainty’.
Lawyers say lack of knowledge among employers and landlords about EU settlement scheme is seeing people wrongly refused employment and turned away by landlords.
Michel Barnier protests at risk to independent watchdog meant to protect residents’ rights – as prime minister seeks to open trade talks.
European Parliament could block Brexit deal over Boris Johnson's treatment of EU citizens, Guy Verhofstadt says
18/12/2019
Problems with Home Office settlement scheme have raised concerns.
FoI reveals Home Office details on applications of EU citizens to stay in UK post-Brexit.
Home Office ministers have been criticised for not spending millions of pounds of EU funding to help tackle problems areas such as food deprivation, homelessness and child poverty.
EU citizens face deportation after Brexit if they miss application deadline, under hardline UK rules
14/11/2019
EU citizens who miss the deadline to apply for residency after Brexit will only be granted leniency from deportation in exceptional circumstances, according to people briefed on the plans.
The Tánaiste has raised concerns about the "citizenship and identity provisions" of the Good Friday Agreement after a Northern Irish woman lost a challenge by the British Home Office on its ruling that she is British by birth.
Police risk losing powers to arrest foreign criminals in a no-deal Brexit unless ministers pass laws urgently
11/10/2019
The European Arrest Warrant will no longer be valid if the UK leaves the EU without a deal on 31 October.
The Home Office ... informed us that all the refugee integration services we fund via an EU grant programme would be cut immediately in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
EU Settlement Scheme: Home Office must ensure older EU nationals are not at risk of deportation after Brexit, says charity
27/09/2019
The Government must ensure older EU nationals are not blocked from using NHS services or put at risk of deportation if they do not apply for the EU Settlement Scheme by the deadline, a charity has warned.
Partners of EU nationals waiting months for post-Brexit status under Home Office settlement scheme
15/09/2019
People from outside Europe living with their EU partners in the UK are being left “in limbo” due to severe delays in the Home Office processing applications, The Independent can reveal.
EU legislature demands review and replacement of settlement scheme.
Anger as Home Office confirms primary school children of EU citizens to be checked for criminal records
10/09/2019
Government says all applicants for EU settlement scheme aged 10 and over will be checked for criminal records – despite previously stating these checks would only apply only to over-18s.
EU children in custody to be stripped of rights as Home Office prevents them from applying for settled status
09/09/2019
Ministers are accused of subjecting EU children to ‘double punishment’.
Councillor Maggie Filipova-Rivers who has lived in UK for 19 years is denied settled status by Home Office
09/09/2019
A COUNCILLOR who has lived in the UK for 19 years, is married to a British man and has two British children has been denied ‘settled status’ by the Home Office.
The Home Office is preparing to end the current system of family reunification for asylum-seeking children if the UK leaves the EU without a deal, the Guardian has learned.
No-deal Brexit latest: NHS staff shortages, fuel reserves and agency staff manning the border
22/08/2019
As Boris Johnson careers towards a no-deal Brexit, what are the latest reports on the impact it would have?
Dover staff say move could compromise security and leave border without protection.
Migration experts say the UK cannot end freedom of movement from the EU on Brexit day because it has no system to work out who is legally in the country.
Legal experts condemn ‘disgraceful and illegal manipulation of system’.
Technical problem detected in Home Office Brexit app for EU citizens.