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EU citizens living in the UK would be stripped of their freedom of movement, housing and social security rights by Home Office legislation introduced to regulate immigration following Brexit, a parliamentary report has warned. Despite repeated government reassurances that their privileges will be protected, a study by the joint committee on human rights (JCHR) concludes that more than 3 million Europeans living in Britain would be left in legal “limbo”. The cross-party committee, whose members are drawn from the Commons and the Lords, argues that EU citizens’ rights should be protected by primary legislation rather than reliant on statutory instruments approved by ministers at a later date. The JCHR also cautions that Irish nationals’ rights, guaranteed by separate common travel area agreements, would be “diminished”. Their ability to bring in a spouse from a non-EU state, for example, would be limited, the report says. To prevent EU citizens being … [Read more...] about Warning of legal limbo for 3m EU citizens living in UK after Brexit

The government has been forced to deny it will make EU citizens travel up to 200 miles away to register to stay after Brexit . It comes after Twitter users expressed fury when the Home Office released alarming guidance on the new EU Settlement Scheme. The warning said anyone currently applying to stay in the UK must use an Android phone with 'near-field' contactless technology to scan their documents, because iPhones won't work. If applicants can't access an Android phone, they are being told to travel to one of 13 'document scanning' centres instead. Currently there is only one scanning centre in the whole of Scotland while the nearest one to Penzance is in Bath, 200 miles away. But today the Home Office insisted the guidance only applies to the test phase of the scheme - which is completely voluntary. A spokesman said that once the full rollout of the scheme begins, by 30 March this year, there will be other, easier, ways to apply. These are due to include a postal service to send … [Read more...] about UK insists EU citizens won’t have to register 200 miles away to stay post-Brexit