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Mar 9 • 9 tweets • 6 min read
The government refused yet again to #FixTheDigitalStatus yesterday in the House of Lords, causing needless suffering to the most vulnerable. Ignoring countless calls to provide physical proof to EU citizens is wrong. We need to see meaningful engagement now.
Peers debated #Amendment79 of the #NationalityAndBordersBill to give physical proof of immigration status. Unfortunately there were not enough votes in support at the late hour it was debated. This problem isn't going away and we need the govt to address it.
Thank you to all of you who have raised your voices and demanded for the government to #FixTheDigitalStatus by writing to peers. Your stories have been heard loud and clear.
Our proposal for a solution using QR codes has been rejected without any acknowledgement of the problem. This simply isn't good enough.

The govt response: bit.ly/3MABZvZ and our rebuttal: bit.ly/3HY5XXf
“We had the Windrush disaster because people got nothing in writing. That was a shameful episode; many people suffered badly and we are now paying large sums of compensation.”

As Lord Sandhurst said, this govt needs to learn from past mistakes.
Lord Hannay of Chiswick explained that @LordsEUCom had no hesitation in unanimously - across all parties - recommending physical proof of status when they took evidence for their citizens’ rights report. committees.parliament.uk/publications/6…
The U.K. Government’s response is deeply unsatisfactory. We need meaningful engagement and ask the Home Office to meet with us, as we are certain we can alleviate every concern raised.

See also our letter to the minister which was sent yesterday: the3million.org.uk/_files/ugd/cd5…
Thank you to Lord Oates @oatesjonny and all members of @UKHouseOfLords who supported this amendment, and those who spoke in favour of it. We will continue to stand up for what’s right for all EU citizens and their families.
To read the full debate, see hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2022-03-….

To watch it, watch from 23:07 at parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/c8….

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📢📢IMPORTANT UPDATE: The European Court of Justice agrees with our assessment of CSI.

We have long argued what the CJEU found, namely that access to the NHS fulfills the CSI requirement.
We sought to achieve this via amendments brought by @Bambos_MP, @Stuart_McDonald and @SarahLudford at all stages of the Borders bill.

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Over to you Home Office.

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📢 NEW CAMPAIGN. It's time to ask the government to #FixTheDigitalStatus.

✍️ Write to members of the House of Lords, who NEXT WEEK will discuss an amendment asking for physical proof of immigration status.

Join us:
the3million.org.uk/fix-the-digita…
Lack of physical proof of our immigration status continues to be one of our most pressing issues.

The solution is simple: a system based on QR codes, similar to the Covid-19 vaccination certificates, making life easier for millions of people.
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From 5th April 2022, even more people will be affected, with the digital-only approach being expanded to ALL migrants in the UK.
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👉 the highest % to date of refused, withdrawn or invalid applications - a whopping 34%
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This backlog doesn't include Family Permit applications. We are also seeing reports of family members of EU citizens facing awful consequences because they are waiting for months on end for decisions. The most vulnerable are the most affected - eg seriously ill parents.
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