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EU citizens in Victoria Tower Gardens in Westminster lobby MPs to guarantee post-Brexit rights in September 2017
MIGRANT rights campaigners and Labour accused the Home Office today of being “less than co-operative” in helping vulnerable and hard-to-reach people apply to the EU Settlement Scheme.
A report from a watchdog reviewing the Home Office’s handling of the settlement scheme described some of its responses to concerns as “less positive and constructive” than hoped.
Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration David Bolt raised the concerns and made recommendations for improvements to the way the scheme operates for applicants who find the process difficult.
Digital ID means the government could track anyone and then limit their speech, movements, finances — and it could get this all wrong, identifying the wrong people for the wrong reasons, as the numerous digital cockups so far demonstrate, warns DYLAN MURPHY
