Dossier
EU citizens
Coverage of EU citizens in the Nexus archive.
- EU citizens in UK get letters telling them post-Brexit residency rights were given ‘in error’
The UK Home Office has begun revoking post-Brexit residency rights for some EU citizens, claiming the rights were granted 'in error.' This action disrupts the lives of potentially hundreds of thousands of EU citizens as they approach the five-year pre-settled status deadline for upgrading to settled status.
- Home Office starts crackdown on EU citizens’ post-Brexit rights to live in UK
The UK Home Office is enforcing post-Brexit residency rights for EU citizens by using travel data to assess continuous residence, a move legal under the 2020 Brexit withdrawal agreement. Concerns arise after inaccurate data from HMRC led to 20,000 parents losing child benefits, highlighting risks of relying on border data for residency determinations.