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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Lisa O’Carroll

EU citizens awaiting UK residency status have right to travel, Home Office told

People carrying luggage at airport arrivals in blurred image
One woman was detained at Luton airport and sent back to Spain after returning to the UK from a Christmas holiday near Málaga. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA

EU citizens waiting for the Home Office to decide their pre-Brexit residency status should not be removed from the UK if they make a short return visit abroad for business, leisure or family matters, the statutory body for EU citizens’ rights has said.

The Independent Monitoring Authority for Citizens’ Rights Agreements (IMA) has written to the Home Office to express “serious concerns” about the difficulties applicants on the waiting list face if they leave the country.

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