RULES which subject EU citizens to deportation or job losses have been deemed unlawful in the High Court.
Under the current EU settlement scheme, EU citizens who had been in the country for less than five years before Brexit and who had “pre-settled status” are obliged to reapply to upgrade their status to “settled status” after being in the country for five years.
If they failed to do this, they would automatically lose their rights to reside, work, rent property or access services including the NHS, under Home Office rules. They were also liable to deportation.
