http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2018/11 ... status-sys
There's been a little-noticed move by the government on the post-Brexit EU migrant system, which suggests - contain your surprise - that its promises aren't worth the paper they're written on.
For months now, ministers have been insisting that there'd only be four criteria for securing settled status as an EU migrant after Britain left the EU: Being who you claim to be, being an EU citizen, being resident in the UK and not being guilty of a serious criminal offence. The system would be simple and easy-to-navigate. The Home Office was looking to pass people, not least because the online application process would probably collapse if there were too many rejections
And this is the referenced paragraph:But now, very quietly, the Home Office have started changing their tune. Section EU15 of Appendix EU of the immigration rules (look under the section 'Suitability' [...]) has been changed to include a new category for denying someone settled status, as spotted by the eagle-eyed experts at the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, who are now taking legal action in response.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration ... ppendix-eu
EU15. An application made under this Appendix will be refused on grounds of suitability where any of the following apply at the date of decision:
(a) The applicant is the subject of an extant deportation order or of a decision to make a deportation order; or
(b) The applicant is the subject of an extant exclusion order or exclusion decision; or
(c) The applicant is subject to a removal decision under the EEA Regulations on the grounds of their non-exercise or misuse of rights under Directive 2004/38/EC.
The change is a subtle but important one. Settled status can now be denied to anyone who is currently facing deportation for not exercising their EEA treaty rights.
Well, you can read the rest if the article yourselves. I've always though this government's promises shouldn't be taken seriously and here it is.EEA treaty rights basically state that once you've been in another country in Europe for three months you need to be either working, studying or self-sufficient, so you're not a drain on public funds.
