As British media indicated, Wednesday, as a result of this decision, approx. 2.5 million EU citizens in temporary stable status risk losing their right to housing, jobs and benefits in the UK, or even deportation if they do not submit a new claim on time.
Under the Brexit agreement, EU citizens who lived in the UK before the end of the transition period, i.e. before December 31, 2020, can retain their acquired rights if they apply for settled status or pre-settlement status (pre-settlement status). stable condition). The first is due to persons who have been able to prove uninterrupted residence for at least five years in Great Britain, and the last – for the remaining persons. But The contract stipulated that for those with temporary mode, the change to full mode would be automatic.
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However, the British Home Office has decided that people with temporary status must before the end of the five-year period Submit another request – to convert status to full. Therefore, the Independent Monitoring Authority (IMA), a British authority established to protect the rights of EU citizens, appealed to the court against the Home Office’s decision, saying it was illegal and in breach of the contract with the EU. According to the IMA, the case concerns 2.485 million people.
According to the statistics of the Ministry of the Interior, as of the end of September 2021, 6.2 million applications had been received, of which 5.8 million were examined. Of the applications examined, approximately 3.03 million (52%) were granted stable status, temporary status – 2.44 million (42%), and the remaining applications were rejected, invalidated, and withdrawn.
Polish citizens filed 1.125 million applications, the second largest number – after Romanian citizens, although in the case of the latter there were more cases of double or multiple applications, so the number of Poles who actually applied for the status is higher.
76.4 percent of applications from Polish citizens ended in settled person status, the highest of all nationalities. However The decision appealed by the IMA concerns 210.4 thousand. columnsWho – if the court does not decide that the Ministry of the Interior should change him – will have to submit another application.
