This article is a little over the top. 1.3m got settled status. So far, about 100 according to the article have been told there was a mistake in their application.
There may well be more, but of course any system is going to have an error rate and on face value given we’re 6 years post withdrawal (and it’s 5 years when people can convert to permanent residency) the error rate seems low? That may change - this may be the start of a scandal around government incompetence which would be unsurprising given how the Tories ran the government and brexit. But what really matters is not the letters going out saying there was a mistake; it’s what the government then does about it. Do they behave humanely? Or do they behave cruelly?
The problem with any story around the UK and Brexit is that it is always seen through the lens of being Pro or Anti EU. Instead this is a bog standard story of government mistakes and bureaucracy, and how it deals with them.
This article is a little over the top. 1.3m got settled status. So far, about 100 according to the article have been told there was a mistake in their application.
There may well be more, but of course any system is going to have an error rate and on face value given we’re 6 years post withdrawal (and it’s 5 years when people can convert to permanent residency) the error rate seems low? That may change - this may be the start of a scandal around government incompetence which would be unsurprising given how the Tories ran the government and brexit. But what really matters is not the letters going out saying there was a mistake; it’s what the government then does about it. Do they behave humanely? Or do they behave cruelly?
The problem with any story around the UK and Brexit is that it is always seen through the lens of being Pro or Anti EU. Instead this is a bog standard story of government mistakes and bureaucracy, and how it deals with them.