Dear journalists,
Here are some key questions that Ministers who go on TV to praise the EU Settlement Scheme still have to answer:
1. What exactly are the 'good reasons' or 'reasonable grounds' for applying late?
Follow-up: Is "I thought I did not have to apply" a good reason?
Here are some key questions that Ministers who go on TV to praise the EU Settlement Scheme still have to answer:
1. What exactly are the 'good reasons' or 'reasonable grounds' for applying late?
Follow-up: Is "I thought I did not have to apply" a good reason?
2. How can the Government possibly inform every single person who has to apply when there is no exact number of EU citizens living in the UK?
3. How can the Government possibly inform every single EU citizen who needs to 'upgrade' from pre-settled to settled if they forgot to update their details online?
4. Why do you say that a digital status cannot be lost or damaged when this can demonstrably be the case?
See examples here: the3million.org.uk/physical-proof
See examples here: the3million.org.uk/physical-proof
5. How will the hostile environment policies impact an EU citizen without status after the deadline, even if they are not "automatically deported"? How they will be able to rent a room, go to work lawfully or go to the doctor?
6. You say X number of applications were made. Can you clarify what is the number of *individuals* as opposed to the number of *applications*, as one individual can apply more than once? e.g. initially getting pre-settled, then 'upgrading' to settled status
7. Why don't you engage with X, Y, Z concerns by X, Y, Z migrants' rights organisation?
8. Why are you avoiding the difficult questions and always bridging to your key positive message?
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