28 March 2019

Senior solicitor Zeena Luchowa said EU nationals who miss the EU Settlement Scheme deadlines face a major threat to their rights. She warns “we are likely to end up with people who have spent 10 years or more residing in the UK perfectly lawfully who end up with no lawful status simply because they have missed that deadline to register.”

She said misunderstandings about the system could be “dangerous and damaging” – leaving people without access to services and even stripped of their permission to be in the country. The most vulnerable people, including the elderly, those in care, and UK-born children whose parents do not realise they must be registered, are at the greatest risk.

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