Want to hear a twisty tale about a quiet and catastrophic argument that risks stripping 6 million+ EU nationals (& fam members) of Withdrawal Agreement (WA) protection? 🧵on UK authorities arguing that EUSS status is NOT WA status, and how @EURightsHub has helped counter this: UK authorities have, in the course of various cases, been deploying some ingenious but incendiary arguments, that would mean almost none of the 6million + people registered with the EU Settlement Scheme can know whether they are covered by the Withdrawal Agreement.

OK, @sylviademars's amazing tweet-along debunks the whole 'Benefits of Brexit' government report assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…. I want to scratch the surface of the bombastic red-tape cutting claims; '1 BILLION' of your English pounds, remember... There are lots of 'billions' in this report, and few of them have anything to do with Brexit (the clear, and clearly misleading, implication that NHS spending is a result of not paying into the EU budget). The billion to be saved in EU RED TAPE is mentioned... five times.

*Pre-settled status and benefits*; WHAT IS GOING ON? We condensed key points into a memo for the HoC Work & Pensions Committee; highlights consequences, likely disputes for BOTH pre-2021 AND post-transition cases, and makes following arguments: eurightshub.york.ac.uk/blog/itzfizid6… 1/9 It is vital to note the CJEU requires a fundamental rights assessment to *PRE-DATE* a benefit refusal. The FR decision, we argue, is therefore a DWP decision, and MUST therefore be appealable. 2/9

THE STATUS OF EU NATIONALS: *EMERGENCY* MEASURES NEEDED
The @EURightsHub has today published a report into problems posed by the imminent deadline 30/06/21 for applying to the EUSS: eurightshub.york.ac.uk/s/EURBH_emerge… We have analysed the guidance on reasonable grounds for late applications, and find a number of worrying gaps and problems. There is a short briefing on the report here: eurightshub.york.ac.uk/s/EURBH_summar…

BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA: two years (& lots of goalpost shifting) in the making, @EURightsHub have a bit of a monster article now published in the CML Rev on vulnerable EU citizens cast adrift in the UK after Brexit. DM if you'd like an offprint. Key arguments: 1/6 The withdrawal agreement was a significant disappointment. The conditions for residence rights are exclusionary and discriminatory; swathes of *women and children cast adrift*. Proportionality barely mentioned. Negotiators SHOULD HAVE grasped this and thought more creatively. 2/6