EU Citizens Left in Limbo After UK Strips Post-Brexit Residency Status
The Home Office faces legal action after telling 1,473 EU citizens their previously granted settled status was issued in error.
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The UK Home Office is facing legal action over a policy to strip residency rights from European Union citizens who were living in the UK before Brexit, after telling some of them their status had been granted "in error."
A Home Office minister confirmed that the government has contacted 1,473 citizens holding post-Brexit residency rights, informing them that the original decision to grant their settled status was mistaken.
Affected individuals have described complying fully with the requirements at the time they applied, saying they had "done everything by the book," and now face uncertainty over their legal status in the country despite having built their lives in the UK before the Brexit transition.
The case adds to ongoing scrutiny of how the UK's post-Brexit settlement scheme has been administered, with legal challenges expected to test whether the Home Office can retroactively reverse settled status decisions already granted to long-term residents.
Sources
- ‘We’ve done everything by the book’: EU citizens left in limbo after UK government strips post-Brexit residency status — The Guardian — Politics
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