30-03-2019 20:06 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Brexit settled status scheme 'risks new Windrush scandal'

A scheme for more than three million EU citizens to apply to stay in Britain after Brexit is "un-British" and "risks a Windrush-type scenario", according to a Conservative MP.Alberto Costa, the MP for South Leicestershire, told Sky News large numbers of those who need to apply are elderly or vulnerable and should not be forced to go through the procedure.The settled status scheme fully launches today, with a multimillion-pound advertising campaign aimed at EU nationals.
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