Huge backlog as EU citizens rush to secure British residency

Home Office under pressure as Labour calls on PM to guarantee residency for more than 3 million peopleEU citizens worried about their right to remain in Britain have inundated the Home Office with applications to secure their UK residency, leading to an official backlog that has trebled since the summer of 2015.The figures emerged on a day that Labour demanded Theresa May guaranteed the rights of the more than 3 million EU citizens to remain in the UK before Brexit negotiations begin, with MP Ke