Home Office is putting 2.6m EU citizens at risk of removal, court hears

Pre-settled status was granted to EU citizens who were in the UK for fewer than five years at the time of Brexit. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA

The government is putting 2.6 million EU citizens at risk of detention or removal from the country by the Home Office, the high court has heard.

The claim was made at a judicial review of the Home Office’s implementation of the part of the withdrawal agreement guaranteeing the rights of about 6 million EU citizens living in the country before Brexit.