1. Having to apply to HO to be allowed to retain residence/work rights is not the preservation of full rights that most Brexiters promised.
2. Other EU countries with a universal local authority registration system manage to verify FoM eligibility without discrimination.
2. Other EU countries with a universal local authority registration system manage to verify FoM eligibility without discrimination.
3. The process for applying requires access to special tech, permit use of personal data by private entities, and awards ILR with online-only verification - at best not secure, nor fit for diverse users.
4. Successful applicants are forever at mercy of changes to 2ry legislation.
4. Successful applicants are forever at mercy of changes to 2ry legislation.
5. Awarding ILR to those already here is a stepping stone to denying future EU immigrants and UK emigrants FoM rights.
6. EU citizens make average net lifetime contributions of £78k in present free-for-all system, >> UK citizens, so curtailing immigration is fiscally damaging.
6. EU citizens make average net lifetime contributions of £78k in present free-for-all system, >> UK citizens, so curtailing immigration is fiscally damaging.
7. Future removal of existing reciprocal FoM rights, without our consent, was a red line in WA negotiations, forcing a hard Brexit, at great cost to UK economy. Brits are paying the bill.
8. Those who want fairer non-EU immigration have my support. It was always in UK's gift.
8. Those who want fairer non-EU immigration have my support. It was always in UK's gift.
9. Instead, immigration white paper seeks to curtail all immigration built on unjustifiable salary threshold, exacerbating demographic imbalances and Labour shortages. Supported by peddling of immigration-bashing myths debunked by govt's own data.
Stop scapegoating @The3Million.
Stop scapegoating @The3Million.
