🚨We’re going to court!

The EU Settled Status scheme deadline is looming. Tens of thousands of vulnerable people face being criminalised overnight.

The Home Office must #ScrapTheDeadline & ensure no one loses status. Please chip in https://t.co/0FydGTuDHx

Our case [thread]

2/ The deadline on the EU Settled Status scheme is a cliff edge. Overnight, tens of thousands of people could be criminalised just for living their lives and will face the full horrors of the hostile environment. #ScrapTheDeadline

3/ People who are already vulnerable are at highest risk of getting left out. The risks are well documented. E.g. This paper by @MigObs explains how victims of abuse and exploitation, and people who are isolated are at highest risk:

4/ Other organisations have sounded the alarm on other discriminatory impacts. @npcthinks found that “female EU migrants are at greater risk of failing to access their settled status than male EU migrants” https://t.co/2owPFTyZ1o …

5/ …while @coram set out the risks of the EU Settlement scheme for children, especially looked-after children https://t.co/n4WAgWhF0J and @gmiau researched into barriers for looked-after children