Brexit rule that makes EU citizens reapply to stay in UK is unlawful, court says

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Judge says rule that puts those with 'pre-settled status' at risk of deportation is 'wrong in law'Home Office rules that could put millions of EU citizens at risk of job losses or deportation after Brexit have been found to be unlawful by the high court.
49% : Under the current EU settlement scheme, EU citizens who had been in the country for less than five years before Brexit and who had "pre-settled status" are obliged to reapply to upgrade their status to "settled status" after being in the country for five years.
49% : Under the Brexit withdrawal agreement (WA), the UK and the EU agreed that both EU citizens in the UK and UK citizens in the EU could lawfully remain in the countries they lived in if they had settled there before Brexit.
46% : According to Home Office quarterly figures in September, 2.7 million of 6 million EU citizens granted status to remain in the UK post Brexit had "pre-settled status".

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