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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Diane Taylor

Portuguese man who has lived legally in UK since 2001 faces deportation

João Rocha Gonçalves Da Silva
João Rocha Gonçalves Da Silva. Photograph: Handout

The Home Office has threatened a Portuguese plumber who has lived legally in the UK for more than 20 years with deportation after he struggled with his application to remain in the country.

According to lawyers and human rights campaigners the case of João Rocha Gonçalves Da Silva, 45, is evidence of the Home Office’s increasingly hostile environment policy regarding EU citizens.

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