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- Exclusive: The former head of the UK civil service tells BI that EU citizens could be targeted after Brexit.
- Lord Kerslake says the Home Office must reassure Europeans living in the UK that they will not suffer the same treatment as Windrush citizens.
- “Given what happened with Windrush, the onus is now on the government and the Home Office to reassure us that it isn’t going to be a problem,” Kerslake tells BI.
- The Home Office insists EU citizens will be treated fairly.
LONDON — EU citizens living in the UK risk becoming the next victims of Theresa May’s “hostile environment” policy after Brexit, the former head of the UK civil service has told Business Insider.
Lord Kerslake, who led the civil service between 2012 and 2014, told BI that the combination of May’s anti-immigration policies and the Home Office’s inability to cope with the huge numbers of EU citizens applying to remain in the UK, meant EU citizens were now at risk.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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