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Poll finds 90% of EU citizens in UK fear discrimination without evidence of rights after Brexit.
EU Brexit spokesman says Britain reassured him about those who do not apply for settled status.
Home Secretary Theresa May has been criticised for claiming that an illegal immigrant avoided deportation because of his pet cat. / Her Cabinet colleague Ken Clarke said he had been "surprised" by the claim and could not believe it was true. / And human rights campaigners said Mrs May should get "her facts straight".
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.
The case of the cat deportation tale
06/10/2011
A claim by the Home Secretary that an illegal immigrant could not be deported because of his pet cat is wrong, according to England's top judges.
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
The Spanish dream is over as Brits leave Spain to avoid being deported as illegal immigrants
Recent data from the official statistical office of the European Union, Eurostat, has shown that Sweden has expelled more British nationals than any other country in the bloc since Brexit.
Maria - not her real name - was detained at Luton airport after spending a Christmas break in her home country of Spain. / A Spanish woman was deported from the UK after returning from a Christmas holiday in Málaga, despite presenting the necessary Brexit paperwork that showed her right to live and work in the country.
EU rules post-Brexit limit UK nationals to maximum 90-day stay per 180 days.
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 UK’s ‘settlement scheme’ for EU nationals living and working in Britain risks leaving 2.6 million people at unlawful risk of deportation; lawyers told the High Court in London.
Care manager Joao Lamberio is in a race against time to apply for post-Brexit settled status.
Irena Jendrycha was liberated from an Austrian concentration camp just 12 minutes before they were to be murdered. She has lived in Dundee most of her adult life but still has not been told whether or not she has a 'right' to stay in the UK.
Ever since the Brexit referendum in June 2016, European Union citizens in the UK have felt increasingly unwelcome. Harrassment is on the rise and the government itself has fed the hate.
No-deal Brexit looks set to spark another scandal, leaving thousands of EU citizens stateless
11/07/2020
When the Home Office bureaucracy finally runs out of time next summer, many will very likely be eligible for forced deportation.
We could find no evidence that this has ever been successfully put forward as a reason for an asylum seeker to be granted the right to remain in the UK. A similar claim made in 2011 by Theresa May was widely debunked at the time.
NI man faces anxious wait over call on Swedish permanent residency status.
Dahaba Ali told there is ‘no evidence’ she lives in UK despite having attended school in London, studied at University of Cambridge and currently working as a freelance writer.
‘Unprecedented levels of self-harm and suicidal thoughts’ were recorded at the Brook House Immigration Removal Centre in late 2020
Legal experts condemn ‘disgraceful and illegal manipulation of system’.
Government denies U-turn on giving EU citizens physical proof of right to remain in UK, despite 'new Windrush' fears
17/01/2020
Questions raised about EU chief Guy Verhofstadt - after his claim of a partial climbdown is quickly rebuffed.
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.
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.