What do we need to do before creating shiny new UK-EU reset rules? Make existing rules work properly! Our *newly published* response to the HoL consultation highlights a giant problem facing EUSS holders: a COMPLETE ABSENCE of evidence of WA rights. committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide... - ThreadSky

cobrien.bsky.social • 21 days ago

What do we need to do before creating shiny new UK-EU reset rules? Make existing rules work properly! Our *newly published* response to the HoL consultation highlights a giant problem facing EUSS holders: a COMPLETE ABSENCE of evidence of WA rights. https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/139658/default/

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cobrien.bsky.social•21 days ago

The call for evidence notes that “the EU consistently stresses the importance it attaches to full UK implementation of the two main existing UK-EU agreements.” As such, we argue that a ‘reset’ must include resetting the approach to the Withdrawal Agreement.

cobrien.bsky.social•21 days ago

Why does it matter that NOBODY in the UK currently knows whether or not they have Withdrawal Agreement based residence rights? (A Court of Appeal judge asked yesterday whether it was 'troubling anybody, except on the specific question of social assistance?’). Well, it matters for at least 3 reasons:

cobrien.bsky.social•21 days ago

First, as in the EWCA case of Fertre, the issue that has already cropped up – that the UK government argue that ‘pre-settled status’ under the EU Settlement Scheme – *set up to implement the WA* is not a WA residence right, so holders are not entitled to equal treatment.

cobrien.bsky.social•21 days ago

Second, there are fundamental Rule of Law principles at stake – what use are *international rights* if they are invisible? People need to know whether EU bodies (or the IMA) might be able to help. This was recognised in the WA, and was the WHOLE POINT of the EUSS – certainty and clarity.

cobrien.bsky.social•21 days ago

Third, the very real and present risk of this or future governments stripping away rights from those with SETTLED STATUS, unless they can prove it is based on the WA. A judge yesterday described this risk as ‘fanciful’. It is not. Lack of documentary evidence of rights led to Windrush.

cobrien.bsky.social•21 days ago

This issue was brilliantly highlighted by @lisaocarroll.bsky.social; submission co-authored by @awelsh.bsky.social; hopefully of interest to: @article21tfeu.bsky.social; @the3million.bsky.social; @moniquehawkins.bsky.social; @colinyeo.bsky.social; @stevepeers.bsky.social; @cbarnard.bsky.social;

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