The statutory body established to protect the post-Brexit rights of EU citizens settled in the UK has taken dramatic steps to take legal action against EU citizens. work from home, Accusing it of violating their basic rights.
The independent monitoring agency has initiated the judicial review process on the grounds that 2.5 million EU citizens who have obtained pre-settlement status automatically face the risk of losing their right to live, work or rent a house or being deported by the Ministry of the Interior.
EU nationals and their families who have lived in the UK for more than five years Immigration Program of the Ministry of the Interior Prepare for Brexit, but those who have been in the country for less than five years will be pre-settled and must apply for settlement status again.
However, if they do not apply before the expiration of their pre-settled status, they will automatically lose their rights and may be deported, which IMA says is illegal.
Legal action is a rare measure that pits statutory bodies against government agencies. Immigration lawyers and campaign groups will pay close attention to the policies of the Ministry of the Interior. Among them, 5.6 million EU citizens have applied for post-Brexit status, but only 2.6 million have obtained full settlement status.
Kathryn Chamberlain, Chief Executive Officer of IMA, said: “When we take legal action now, we hope to provide clear information to the 2.485 million citizens who have pre-settled status as of November 30, 2021.”
Campaign groups protested that the Ministry of the Interior system was a time bomb for 2.5 million people. They worry that many people may forget to apply for settled status when their pre-settled status expires.
Others, such as the elderly, children in care and vulnerable groups, including victims of domestic abuse, have to rely on caregivers, parliament staff or charities to make the initial application and may fail.
The IMA will argue that the loss of work and family or the right to health care is an unreasonable and direct consequence of Brexit, not a personal cause.
Withdraw from the agreement Sign in 2020 Aims to protect the life-long rights of EU citizens settled in the UK and British citizens settled in the EU.
But IMA argued that the rights agreement only allows for the loss of these rights in “limited circumstances.” Therefore, it believed that the Ministry of the Interior’s package of policies “violated the agreement,” it said.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of the Interior said: “We attach great importance to the rights and obligations of citizens and have sincerely implemented the arrangements we reached under the withdrawal agreement. We do not comment on the ongoing legal proceedings.”
