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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondent

Home Office pressed on EU citizens removed while awaiting approval to stay

Rows of guide ropes at a UK airport’s passport control room
A Home Office backlog in processing residency applications could prevent people caught in the process from visiting family abroad for years. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Hopes have been raised for EU citizens who have faced being removed from the UK post-Brexit even while they wait on their applications to stay, after a statutory body wrote to the Home Office demanding clarity on their legal right to go on holiday or visit family abroad.

The move comes after a number of cases came to light involving the removal of EU citizens when they returned to the UK after a visit abroad.

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