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  • DaveO0

    This is a sad state of affairs.

    https://www.theguardian.com/poli…

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    • Mad.PhanLo
    • Is your problem with this the fact that the Voluntary Return scheme exists at all, or the apparently shambolic nature of its and Settled Status' roll out?Nairn
    • If the former, I'd be disappointed - I'm actually quite impressed that the government is willing to pay to help people who want to relocate, to do so.Nairn
    • If the latter - well, my [EU citizen] partner and all my [EU Citizen] friends sorted their status out last year, when it was quite abundantly clear they had toNairn
    • Brexit is a shit idea, but we're stuck with it now, so no amount of principled indignation at what its effects necessarily are will make a jot of difference.Nairn
    • From what I recall, it was surprisingly quick and easy for my partner to gain her settled status too. A rare instance of a successful UK IT project (!)Nairn
    • I suppose the UK went out to Europe and paid for the workers to come there to work, so paying for them to go back is the least they could do.PhanLo
    • People from the EU chose to come to the UK because it suited them and they were able to do so. The situation 'evolved', the writing's been on the wall for ..Nairn
    • ... four years now. They're either welcome to stay, so can settle, or are welcome to leave, so can apply for help to do so. I don't see a need for a narrative.Nairn
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