By JULIAN SHEA in London | China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-05-12 09:19 Share CLOSE European Union and British flags flutter in front of a chancellery in Berlin, Germany, April 9, 2019. [Photo/Agencies]
With just 50 days remaining until the British government s settlement program for European Union citizens in the United Kingdom closes, campaigners are warning that almost one third of a million people could find themselves in legal limbo because of a huge backlog in paperwork at the Home Office.
The Guardian newspaper reports that according to government figures, 5.3 million applications have been received, and so far 4.98 million have been processed, which means that with time running out, hundreds of thousands of others face a worrying wait to find out about their legal status in the country.