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Some people cannot prove they are in the country legally because of glitch in digital residency permits.
McDonalds joins restaurants, farmers and the meat processing industry with concerns that ‘reduced access to overseas labour would present a challenge to our business,’ reports Sian Norris.
After months of discussions, the authority overseeing the rights of EU citizens in the UK has launched a legal action against the Home Office over the treatment of 2.5 million people who should be protected under the Brexit deal.
An island nation must trade with its nearest mainland, whatever our new Brexit opportunities minister claims.
Thousands of people say their rights have been compromised despite government promises.
Partners and spouses are being kept apart by Home Office delays in processing revised versions of entry permits to Britain.
Gaps are starting to appear on supermarket shelves because of a “desperate shortage” of lorry drivers – a problem that will likely lead stores to raise food prices.
Statutory body says 2.5 million EU nationals settled in UK have been put at automatic risk of losing rights.
Thousands of British citizens may be waiting for family permits to be able to move to the UK, but the Home Office reportedly rejected freedom of information requests and parliamentary questions on data from the former Brexit select committee chair, Hilary Benn.
On trade, finance, migration, food standards and more, the UK suffers fresh ignominy on a daily basis.
Tens of thousands of EU citizens in UK to lose legal status next month due to Brexit ‘cliff edge’
19/05/2021
The EU settlement scheme, which guarantees post-Brexit residency, closes on June 30.
“For many they may mean lost job opportunities, missing out on rental properties, being refused loans/or mortgages,” EU citizens campaign group In Limbo said.
The blue passports were championed by Brexiteers as a symbol of the UK's split from the EU.
Ministers refuse to ease immigration restrictions as campaigners warn of ‘social care time bomb’
Europeans with job interviews tell of detentions and expulsions despite rules allowing non-visa holders to attend interviews
The British government's post-Brexit settlement scheme for EU citizens is unlawful, the UK's High Court has ruled. / The Independent Monitoring Authority (IMA), an independent body set up to oversee citizens' rights, took legal action against the Home Office.
Home Office facing judicial review over animal testing after admitting it allows experiments for cosmetic ingredients following Brexit
15/08/2022
The UK was the first country to ban animal testing for cosmetics and their ingredients in 1998, but the Home Office has revealed it now allows the experiments for cosmetics.
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?
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.
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.
Unprecedented labour shortages have left hundreds of tonnes of produce rotting in the fields.
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.
Kevin Foster made the remarks a week before the deadline for the EU settlement scheme.
Campaigners fear for victims of trafficking, modern slavery and the elderly as 30 June deadline looms.
People awaiting decisions having problems applying for jobs and moving house, say campaigners.