More than 3.8million EU citizens have applied to stay in the UK permanently after freedom of movement ends - with two million granted approval so far. According to the latest figures, 2,041,200 people had been granted settled status up to the end of last month. Immigration minister Kevin Foster said EU citizens were an 'integral part of UK society' and 3.5 million had already secured their rights in UK law. But the Liberal Democrats repeated calls for EU citizens to be given an automatic right to stay in the UK and special documentation to avoid 'a new Windrush-style scandal'. 'And without physical proof of their rights, EU citizens will be at the mercy of the Conservatives' hostile environment.

Source: Daily Mail August 13, 2020 13:34 UTC