Call on Labour to back the 'right to stay'

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All major opposition parties have now backed the campaign to introduce a guaranteed right to stay for EU citizens, with the sole exception of Labour. To add your name to this statement (which explains more of the context), please fill in the form below. This open letter is organised by the Labour Campaign for Free Movement.

To see the letter signed by all other major opposition parties, see here: https://www.anothereurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/PM-correspondance-060920.pdf
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Dear Keir,

As it stands, many EU citizens who have made their home in this country will lose their status from June 2021. Without a guaranteed right to stay, millions of people are being forced to go through an application process which could turn them down. Even assuming a 99% application rate and success rate, tens of thousands of the more than three million European citizens living in the UK will become illegal. And many of those receiving status are being granted pre-settled status, which is not permanent.

Coronavirus has compounded the situation, with both the application process and support measures disrupted. The government has not even stated clearly that absences during the crisis will not count against applicants. Boris Johnson has stood on the steps of Number 10 applauding nurses, carers, shop assistants and agricultural workers whom his government has every intention of stripping of their status.

On Sunday 6th September, representatives of five opposition parties came together to sign an open letter calling on the government to replace the Settled Status application process with a guaranteed 'right to stay' written into primary legislation. In your leadership campaign, you promised not only to stand up for the rights of EU citizens living here already, but to support continued free movement and enhanced rights for migrants after Brexit.

We are therefore disappointed that Labour has not yet signed up to support an automatic right to stay for EU citizens currently living in the UK. As Labour members and supporters, we call on you to make a public commitment to supporting this as soon as possible.

Yours,

The Undersigned

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