U.K. Home Office Threatened EU Citizens With Deportation
- Around 100 letters sent to nationals entitled to live in U.K.
- Department says they were sent in error, investigating reason
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U.K. authorities are investigating how around 100 European Union nationals living in Britain were sent letters warning they were liable to be detained and deported despite being legally entitled to remain.
One letter from the Home Office to Eva Johanna Holmberg, a Finnish academic working at London’s Queen Mary University, said “a decision has been made to remove you from the United Kingdom” and gave the historian one month to leave, she said on Twitter. It reversed previous advice from the Home Office that there was “no requirement to leave the U.K.” after Holmberg had unsuccessfully applied for a certificate that would have proved her right to live in Britain.