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“We must stop another Windrush.”

Thursday, 2 May 2024 — Crowd Justice
“EU citizens may soon encounter issues akin to those witnessed in the Windrush scandal,” say legal charity Here For Good.

Last year, the Home Office introduced “draconian rules” relating to late applications for the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS). The scheme gives EU citizens legal rights to stay in the UK post-Brexit.

Those applying late for the EUSS are “often very vulnerable, or have faced extremely difficult circumstances that made it hard to apply to the scheme. Many applicants have been homeless, struggling with mental or physical health problems, or victims of domestic abuse.”

Now Here For Good are seeing “blanket rejection letters” stating that applicants do not have good enough reasons for late application and offering no right to appeal.

Tens of thousands of people are receiving refusals with no way
of challenging the decision. Here For Good think this is against the
law, so they’re taking the Home Office to Court.
Can you chip in to get them to court?
The charity argue that rejected applicants
desperately need “a right of appeal on their application, so that if the
Home Office makes an incorrect decision, an independent body can
consider whether or not it is reasonable that the applicant has applied
late.” Their legal case will challenge the Home Office guidance on late
applications.Here For Good say: “Adults and children across the country are being rejected even when they have had the right to live here for decades. Many of them are now falling victim to the Government’s hostile environment policies and are in constant fear of removal. This is scary and wrong.” Read more here.
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