{"id":899,"date":"2021-05-31T06:29:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T05:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/eu-rights-clinic\/?p=899"},"modified":"2021-05-31T06:41:06","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T05:41:06","slug":"euss-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/eu-rights-clinic\/euss-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Rights Clinic seeks your views in EU Settlement Scheme survey"},"content":{"rendered":"

The EU Rights Clinic has launched a survey<\/a> to identify recurring issues with the EU Settlement Scheme<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Following the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU, the<\/span> Withdrawal Agreement<\/a> aims to protect the rights of EU nationals living in the United Kingdom. Pursuant to this Agreement, as well as<\/span> agreements reached with EEA countries and Switzerland<\/a>, the UK has introduced the<\/span> EU Settlement Scheme<\/a>, which enables EU, EEA and Swiss nationals to apply for a special immigration status that allows them to remain in the UK after\u00a0 Brexit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since the scheme was opened for applications, numerous issues have been reported<\/strong> (examples\u00a0can be found<\/span> here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and<\/span> here<\/a>) and extensive reports highlighting problems have been produced by<\/span> the3million<\/a> and the<\/span> University of York\u2019s EU Rights and Brexit Hub<\/a> <\/strong>among others.<\/span><\/p>\n

In view of these problems, the EU Rights Clinic is currently conducting a survey (which can be found<\/strong><\/span> here<\/a>) on the EU Settlement Scheme and its application to date. <\/span><\/strong>The aim of this survey is to obtain data on applicants’ experiences with the scheme, which may then be used<\/span> to file official complaints with the<\/span>Independent Monitoring Authority<\/a>and the<\/span>EU institutions<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Possible issues include, but are not limited to:<\/span><\/p>\n