Almost 5 million Granted UK Residence
Under EU Settlement Scheme
Despite warnings of
a mass ‘Brexit exodus’ of European migrants, it has emerged that just under
five million people were granted the right to live and work in the UK under the
EU Settlement Scheme so far, according to official estimates.
Home Office figures reveal
that, as of the end of June, some 4,908,760 EU citizens had been granted an
immigration status to remain in the country as full freedom of movement to live
and work in the UK came to a close following Brexit transition.
EU citizens – as
well as people from Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland – and their
families were invited to apply to the scheme by the June 30 deadline.
Quarterly data
published this week showed that the Home Office had processed 5.5 million applications
for settlement by the deadline, with the highest numbers of applications coming
from Polish, Romanian and Italian nationals
The latest figures
are much higher than the official estimate of how many EU nationals are living
in the UK. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) indicated that in mid-2020
this was 3.5 million.
More than six
million applications (6,050,860) were submitted between the launch of the
scheme in March 2019 and the June 30 2021 cut-off date.
Over 2.8 million applicants
were granted settled status, allowing them permanent leave to remain in the UK.
A further 2.3
million (2,327,850) were granted pre-settled status, meaning they need to
reapply after living in the country for five years to gain permanent residence
or indefinite leave to remain in the UK.
Included in this
number, immigration status was granted to 295,890 people from countries like
India, Pakistan and Brazil under the scheme, which allows family members who
are not EU or European Economic Area nationals to also apply.
The Home Office said:
“Across all nationalities, the highest numbers of applications received were
from Polish, Romanian and Italian nationals. This has been the trend throughout
the life of the scheme.”
There were 109,430
applications refused, 80,600 withdrawn or void, and 79,730 were deemed invalid,
where the Home Office decides someone is not eligible to apply or has failed to
provide sufficient proof of residence.
The Home Office said
8% of the applications were from “repeat applicants” (472,220).
Among the
applications were more than one million from children (1,002,280).
Some 772,260 of the
applications from under-18s finalised by the end of June were granted an
immigration status, while 32,870 requests were refused, withdrawn, void or
invalid, the figures indicate.
In London, Newham saw
the highest number of applications to the scheme (142,120). Outside London, the
highest number was in Birmingham in the West Midlands (138,490).
It is still not
known how many people in the UK are eligible for the scheme but could remain in
the country undocumented.
Anyone who has not
yet applied may have lost their lawful immigration status after the deadline,
although late applications can be made under limited reasonable grounds and the
Government has said there is no cut-off date for doing so.
Those who applied
before the deadline but have yet to receive a decision are protected under
existing rights, subject to the outcome of the application and any appeal.
Anyone who does not
apply and continues to live in the UK without being able to prove their
immigration status could face enforcement action. Most migrating EU citizens
will in future need a work permit to live and work in the UK.
The UK has one million
job vacancies including a shortage of lorry drivers
and builders, much of which has been blamed on Brexit. However, the latest Home
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