WATCH: @PaulBlomfieldMP presses Home Office Minister @kevin_j_foster on the "serious unanswered questions" around the cliff-edge EU Settlement Scheme, warning of "real risk of a new Windrush-type tragedy in the future if we don’t get this right now". Deadline is tomorrow. 1/
.@PaulBlomfieldMP asks Govt to "follow the lead of countries like France & the Netherlands in relation to UK citizens & extend the deadline for applications."
Awareness of scheme is low - 1 in 3 landlords not aware & business groups think employers don’t know enough about it. 2/
Awareness of scheme is low - 1 in 3 landlords not aware & business groups think employers don’t know enough about it. 2/
Horrendous stats from @PaulBlomfieldMP:
- Up to 130K of those eligible for benefits haven’t applied for settled status
- Applications have been made for only 1 in 3 children in care
- Almost half – about 2m - of those who have applied for settled status haven't received it. 3/
- Up to 130K of those eligible for benefits haven’t applied for settled status
- Applications have been made for only 1 in 3 children in care
- Almost half – about 2m - of those who have applied for settled status haven't received it. 3/
Dismal from @kevin_j_foster. Says EU citizens are our "colleagues, neighbours, friends & family" but refuses to give assurances on status of people who don't apply on time around issues like homelessness assistance, exclusion from employment & benefits. 4/
channel4.com/news/factcheck…
channel4.com/news/factcheck…
Groups such as children in care, older and disabled people, and survivors of domestic abuse risk being left without status – becoming undocumented migrants overnight.
The government MUST extend the deadline. /ENDS
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The government MUST extend the deadline. /ENDS
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