People awaiting decisions having problems applying for jobs and moving house, say campaigners.

One in 10 applicants who received outcomes last month given no immigration status, new data shows.

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.

WATCHING our new and returning MSPs get into Holyrood and start work has been great to see, and the contrast between Scotland’s two parliaments last week was thought provoking than most.

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.

Home Office says in letter that it cannot give unilateral assurances until status of Britons in other EU countries is protected.

Peers also voted to provide EU citizens with physical proof of their right to stay in UK.

Michel Barnier protests at risk to independent watchdog meant to protect residents’ rights – as prime minister seeks to open trade talks.

Leading human rights barrister Usha Sood has condemned hostility to immigrants and Home Office bureaucracy for failing the most vulnerable victims of the Russian invasion.

When Dutch boat captain and engineer Ernst-Jan de Groot applied to continue working in Britain after Brexit, he became ensnared in a bureaucratic nightmare because of an online glitch and says he is now likely to lose his job.

Rishi Sunak should admit ‘main factor’ behind problem so he can fix it, says Durham University study.

EU nationals are discovering that the Home Office is driven not by reason but by keeping numbers down.

Thousands of people say their rights have been compromised despite government promises.

Some people cannot prove they are in the country legally because of glitch in digital residency permits.

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.

European parliament says mixed messages have caused ‘unhelpful uncertainty’.

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.

Unprecedented labour shortages have left hundreds of tonnes of produce rotting in the fields.

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.

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 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.

FoI reveals Home Office details on applications of EU citizens to stay in UK post-Brexit.

Go-live deadline of 2019 whooshed by - and that's going to cost taxpayer £173m.

Ministers refuse to ease immigration restrictions as campaigners warn of ‘social care time bomb’

Ministers are accused of subjecting EU children to ‘double punishment’.

“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.

Europeans with job interviews tell of detentions and expulsions despite rules allowing non-visa holders to attend interviews

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.

People unaware they need to input code on universal credit website could drop off system, charities warn.

Home affairs select committee urges government to change rules of EU settlement scheme. / The government has been urged by MPs to urgently change its policy on EU citizens in the country if it is to avert a “Windrush-style catastrophe” in the years after Brexit.

Tens of thousands to be issued with warnings to submit applications for post-Brexit scheme or risk losing rights

Report finds EU citizens fear discrimination and loss of identity living in post-Brexit UK.

“In most countries in the world, laws that act retroactively are illegal. We need your support, we need you to raise awareness that things are not fine.”

Barrister slams the Government for expecting EU citizens to ‘simply sit on their hands and trust the UK Government to do the right thing’.

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.

Lawyers say lack of knowledge among employers and landlords about EU settlement scheme is seeing people wrongly refused employment and turned away by landlords.

Brexit has forced more than 5million people in the UK to apply for 'settled status' - but figures suggest there's a backlog ahead of the June 30 deadline.

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.

Message to Boris Johnson comes after citizens with UK job interviews say they were locked up

Home Office pours cold water on artists’ hopes of retaining free movement between the UK and the EU.

Bloc’s first UK ambassador says right to remain for many vulnerable Europeans must be protected.

Many married women cannot prove settled status to employers and councils because of a mix-up.

Problems with Home Office settlement scheme have raised concerns.

This week marks the third anniversary of Brexit. While for some it’s a cause to celebrate or say, “I told you so”, for European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) citizens and their families falling through the cracks of the Home Office system, it is cause for concern.

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.

On trade, finance, migration, food standards and more, the UK suffers fresh ignominy on a daily basis.

Technical problem detected in Home Office Brexit app for EU citizens.

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.

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.

A French woman has spoken about how she lost her job in Shropshire and was left “heartbroken” about life in the UK because of a mix-up over the immigration process for EU citizens launched after Brexit.

Home Office criticised for 'outrageous' letter telling people with residency rights they need to get ready to leave.

A 17-year-old German exchange student is in a serious condition in hospital after he was attacked by a group of teenagers, leaving him with severe head injuries that required emergency surgery.

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.

The blue passports were championed by Brexiteers as a symbol of the UK's split from the EU.

A Greek dad based in Edinburgh has hit out at the Home Office after he was 'passed from pillar to post' trying to secure a temporary share code that would allow him to complete a mortgage application.

Travellers caught up in extension of ‘hostile environment’ policy tell of being made to feel like criminals.

In a judgment handed down last Friday, the High Court has cast doubt on the British citizenship status of children born in the United Kingdom before 2 October 2000 to EU citizens who did not at that time possess indefinite leave to remain.

Victims of ‘administrative error’ say they are being treated as second-class citizens. / The Home Office has apologised to hundreds of EU citizens who applied for settled status in the UK after it accidentally shared their details.

THE Home Office has blocked Nicola Sturgeon's Scottish visa pilot which would have allowed businesses in remote and rural communities an exemption from UK immigration rules over hiring EU and other foreign nationals.

The Home Office is being taken to court by a government-sponsored Brexit watchdog over the “unlawful” treatment of 2.5 million EU citizens in the UK.

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.

Report says delays have left Border Force officials reliant on 26-year-old technology

The Home Office has launched a voluntary repatriation scheme for EU nationals living in the UK.

Long-term citizens alarmed at letter saying they risk losing rights to work and healthcare unless they apply for post-Brexit status.

Legal experts condemn ‘disgraceful and illegal manipulation of system’.

EU legislature demands review and replacement of settlement scheme.

A catalogue of errors by the Home Office has led to a loss of access to £600,000 of EU funds earmarked for the most deprived people in Britain and has put a further £2.9m at risk, it can be revealed.

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.

EU nationals’ passports lost and ID cards sent to wrong addresses in ‘concerning’ data breaches, report finds

Statutory body says 2.5 million EU nationals settled in UK have been put at automatic risk of losing rights.

Request caused by apparent tech glitch came when Italian Giovanni Palmiero applied to stay in UK post-Brexit.

Dover staff say move could compromise security and leave border without protection.

‘Lack of awareness’ of EU settled status scheme restored as reasonable grounds for late applications by permanent residence card holders

‘Unprecedented levels of self-harm and suicidal thoughts’ were recorded at the Brook House Immigration Removal Centre in late 2020

We looked at breakdowns by analysts and the government on the money spent so far, and the estimates on what is still to come.

Home Office refuses people EU settled status on grounds of eligibility for first time.

Deadline to apply for settled status two weeks away, as academics warn that vulnerable groups face loss of rights

Pressure grows for UK to extend Wednesday’s settlement-scheme cut-off date as backlog of applications grows and helplines crash.

An Italian grandmother who has lived in Britain for 42 years has been ordered to leave the UK - after a Home Office email was sent to her junk folder.

Antonio Finelli, a UK state pension recipient for 32 years, was asked for proof when he applied to stay post-Brexit

TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar has told the the British government has got it wrong in its legal battle with a CO Derry woman over in her citizenship.

Home office report pointed to 'genuine rise in hate crime around the time of the EU referendum' - but Vote Leave leader rejects any connection.

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.

Ireland’s deputy prime minister Leo Varadkar said the Irish will "absolutely be making their views known" on the matter.

As Boris Johnson careers towards a no-deal Brexit, what are the latest reports on the impact it would have?

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.

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.

The European Arrest Warrant will no longer be valid if the UK leaves the EU without a deal on 31 October.

Government departments spent more than £4bn on preparations for leaving the EU, says the public spending watchdog.

Home Office accused of refusing to listen to £111bn-a-year culture sector – just weeks after a minister admitted government must retain free movement

Immigration lawyers warn people eligible for UK status risk being ‘thrown into the hostile environment’ after visa system outsourced to French firm Sopra Steria. / Private firms have raked in millions of pounds through the Home Office’s newly outsourced visa system as people are forced to pay “extortionate” fees and travel long distances to apply for UK status.

Plans to deny automatic right to asylum to refugees arriving in UK via unauthorised routes spark alarm.

Thousands risk having their lives ‘turned upside down’ as 30 June cut-off looms and backlogs remain.

Campaigners fear for victims of trafficking, modern slavery and the elderly as 30 June deadline looms.

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.

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.

MPs call for Home Office 'settled status' to be replaced by legal right to stay in letter to Boris Johnson

The EU settlement scheme, which guarantees post-Brexit residency, closes on June 30.

An island nation must trade with its nearest mainland, whatever our new Brexit opportunities minister claims.

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.

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.

Proposal floated as part of crackdown replacing free movement with minimum salary threshold of £25,600 and EU citizens may have to provide fingerprints.

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.

Alternatives 'might need to be pursued', James Brokenshire tells inquiry - prompting demands to reveal how UK will be 'protected'.

EU citizens in the UK are "expected to beg, bend their knee and show remorse for not knowing" about post-Brexit visa changes, Euronews was told.

EU Brexit spokesman says Britain reassured him about those who do not apply for settled status.

Confused over regulations, Home Office border staff meet legitimate visitors and workers with suspicion.

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.

Thousands who fled their war-torn country stand to lose their right to work, rent a home and access NHS.

Poll finds 90% of EU citizens in UK fear discrimination without evidence of rights after Brexit.

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.

'What really got my alarm bells ringing is this sentence under the privacy policy heading: "We may also share your information with other public and private sector organisations in the UK and overseas."'

Home Office figures caused speculation that number of Europeans in UK had been underestimated.

The Home Office says the EU settlement scheme is working. Working for whom, exactly?

Partners and spouses are being kept apart by Home Office delays in processing revised versions of entry permits to Britain.

Kevin Foster made the remarks a week before the deadline for the EU settlement scheme.

Domestic abuse victims and children in care among those affected by ‘last minute’ announcment of crucial funding, campaigners say.

EU citizens rights campaigners The3Million have said that “numerous” EU nationals are being refused Universal Credit because of their settlement status.

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’.