Thousands of Roma families are facing a new Windrush situation, even where they have been living in the UK for decades. Most Roma children and young people have been born and educated here. Very many of the estimated 300,000 Romani people living and working in this country still have to apply to the EU SettlementContinue reading “Let the Roma stay!”
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Thousands of Europeans left in limbo over ‘settled status’ on day of deadline
Campaigners warned that thousands of Europeans in Britain were at risk of being left in limbo over Wednesday’s EU settled status deadline. EU citizens living in Britain have until midnight to apply for the post-Brexit settlement scheme or risk losing their rights to legally work or claim certain benefits, including free healthcare. More than five million people have applied andContinue reading “Thousands of Europeans left in limbo over ‘settled status’ on day of deadline”
Hundreds of thousands of EU citizens ‘scrabbling’ to attain post-Brexit status before deadline
Latest government statistics show a lengthening backlog of applications. Out of 5,605,800 applications only 5,271,300 have so far been processed. Further estimates suggest tens of thousands – possibly up to 150,000 – of others have yet to even apply. Read more
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