6 MILLION EU CITIZENS APPLY TO STAY IN THE UK AFTER BREXIT !!

According to the UK government, more than six million EU residents have requested to stay in the UK after Brexit, roughly double the number estimated to be living in the country when the country left the bloc. There was a late rush of applications ahead of the June 30 deadline for the settlement scheme, which is intended to allow EU nationals living in the UK to keep the same rights they had before Brexit. However, following the end of the Brexit transition period on January 1, EU individuals seeking to settle or remain have faced more stringent restrictions for residency and employment.

The final number of 6.02 million applications with 5.1 million grants of status is much higher than the 3.7 million EU nationals projected to be in the country when the initiative started in March 2019. More than 400,000 applications were received in the final month before the deadline, according to the Home Office, who added that anyone who missed the deadline on "reasonable ground" could still apply late.

- S.R. Franklin