Rising proportion of EU citizens in UK given temporary 'pre-settled status'

More people given temporary status as backlog of unresolved cases reaches half a million The proportion of EU citizens being granted a temporary, more precarious "pre-settled status" in the UK has continued to rise, the latest Home Office statistics show, and the backlog of unresolved cases has grown to more than half a million, causing unease among campaign groups that support EU nationals living in Britain. All of the estimated 3.4 million EU citizens resident in the UK must apply for settled ...