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Home Office challenges settled status of 100+ post-Brexit Europeans, families denied UK residence
The UK Home Office has contacted at least 100 holders of the post-Brexit settlement scheme, informing them their status was granted 'in error'. These individuals retain their own right of residence but lose the ability to sponsor their non-European spouses, who are left with no right to remain in the UK. The independent body overseeing the EU-UK withdrawal agreement has alerted the Home Office to a possible legal incompatibility, a position shared by specialist lawyers.