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Britons living in the EU who return to the UK after Brexit will be able to bring non-British family members until the end of March 2022.
The government has said it is not carrying out a "formal review" into the post-Brexit rights of Irish citizens who were born in Northern Ireland. It follows concerns that a change in UK immigration rules could mean the loss of some rights after Brexit.
The UK is one of the worst places in Europe for paid parental leave and affordable quality childcare, the UN's children's charity has said.
Indecision over Britain’s scheduled departure from the European Union three years after referendum feeds clashes within families as attitudes become more entrenched.
Deborah Offen on how the uncertainty over ‘settled status’ is driving her British-Danish family out of the UK, Wiktor Moszczynski on Boris Johnson’s betrayal of promises to EU residents of the UK. Plus letters from Jane Lee and Simon Sweeney
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.
Bid to force Boris Johnson to act thrown out – despite charities warning youngsters are in danger as they are forced to turn to smugglers.
The British government has been ordered to pay the European commission’s legal costs after being successfully sued for granting City traders a tax break without EU permission.
"Families should be together," says Lord Dubs, who fled the Nazis as a child and led peers' immigration bill revolt.
Government Suffers Fourth Defeat On Post-Brexit Child Refugees' Rights – But Still Won't Budge
21/10/2020
"The only winners if we remove legal routes to safety for refugee children trying to reach family here are the criminals and the traffickers," says Lord Dubs.
Juliet Guthrie in Germany and Patricia Law in Italy reveal how sending gifts and staying connected with family members is more challenging than ever before
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.
UK law enforcement can no longer immediately access real-time data about persons and objects of interest, including wanted and missing persons.
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.
Home Office rejects Italian girl’s EU settlement application after granting status to parents and brother.
One of the trickier aspects of EU free movement law is “retained” rights of residence for family members if the relationship with their EEA citizen sponsor ends.
Ulrike’s story: the human cost of Brexit
21/06/2021
The In Limbo Project gathers and shares the heart-rending stories of people caught up in the Brexit crossfire. Here is one of their most recent testimonies, reproduced by kind permission. It epitomises the senseless, casual cruelty that is just one of Brexit’s toxic legacies.
After the referendum, life carried on as normal but nothing was the same.
The scheme offers EU nationals the opportunity to apply for settled or pre-settled status in the UK. / However, access to this support varies between holders of EU settled status and of pre-settled status. Questions are being asked of the European Commission whether the UK is complying with its obligations.
Partners and spouses are being kept apart by Home Office delays in processing revised versions of entry permits to Britain.
"To be honest, it’s very hard on my son. We tried to make light of it, just saying we are going on vacation, but he misses his father," one British mother whilst being forced apart by Brexit from her French husband.
The post-Brexit reality for divorce
16/09/2021
At the beginning of 2021 the law changed concerning how international couples divorce.