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The citizens’ rights watchdog set up to protect the rights of EU nationals living in the UK is conducting its first survey to understand the level of public concern about living in Britain after Brexit. Kathryn Chamberlain, the chief executive of the Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements (IMA), said on Monday (1 February) that the IMA’s survey was one of “a range of intelligence-gathering exercises we are carrying out to protect citizens’ rights.” “I...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com.  On 31 December 2020 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland left the EU Single Market and Customs Union, as well as all EU policies and international agreements, ending the free movement of persons, goods, services and capital between the UK and the EU. The future relationship between the UK and the EU will be governed by the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement and the EU-UK Trade a...

Post-Brexit: What is UK’s new point-based immigration system? By Wednesday Jan 27, 2021 For 45 years, the United Kingdom, along with Germany and France, remained an important player in the European Union bloc. But in recent years, an anti-EU sentiment started to gather steam, pushed by nationalists, anti-globalists and Eurosceptic parties. As a result, a referendum was held in 2016 to decide if the UK should remain a member of the European Union or leave. Quite unexpectedly, the UK voted ag...

Thousands of EU workers in British care homes risk falling foul of the legal requirement for them to register their status in the UK before a government deadline expires on 30 June, according to a new report published on Monday (25 January). 1 in 3 care workers have not heard of the UK Government’s EU Settled Status Scheme and 1 in 2 do not know about the deadline, according to a survey of over 290 workers in UK care homes. “We are still in the middle of a pandemic, while the EUSS deadline ...

© Shutterstock / Alexandros Michai Staff members arrive to remove the United Kingdoms flag from the European Council building in Brussels on Brexit Day. Sign up for our daily Politics briefing for political exclusives, analysis and debate. Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up “Brexit is just going to add to this perfect storm for women that’s raging at the moment”, according to Engender director Emma Ritch. Tho...

Updated: January 25, 2021, 9:18 pm © Shutterstock / Alexandros Michai Staff members arrive to remove the United Kingdoms flag from the European Council building in Brussels on Brexit Day. Sign up for our daily Politics briefing for political exclusives, analysis and debate. Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up “Brexit is just going to add to this perfect storm for women that’s raging at the moment”, according t...

Edgy future for EU citizens despite trade deal 06 Jan 2021 Andrea Carlo, The Independent Following months of gruelling negotiations with the EU, the UK has finally managed to leave the transition period with a trade deal. The set of emotions this has evoked throughout the country has been as wide as the chasm opened by the referendum four years ago – from elation and relief, to acute distress. If there’s one thing that the vast majority of people in Britain have gained, however...

EU citizens with pre-settled status in the UK can access welfare benefits, according to a  landmark judgement by the UK Court of Appeal on Friday (18 December). The Court of Appeal ruled that EU citizens with pre-settled status can access welfare benefits on an equal basis with other claimants following a test case brought on behalf of two Romanian nationals, Ms Fratila and Mr Tanase who came to the UK in 2014 and 2019 respectively. In 2019, Mr Tanase, who is severely disabled, and Mr Fratila,...

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