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The EU Settlement Scheme designed to protect the rights of EU, EEA and Swiss citizens and their families already resident in the UK by 31 December 2020 is based on the citizens’ rights section of the UK government’s Withdrawal Agreement with the EU. However, the Withdrawal Agreement has been considered and rejected by the House of Commons on three occasions, the EU has consistently said it cannot be renegotiated and new Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised that the UK will leave the EU on 31 October 2019 “no ifs, no buts”. So now what? Current Home  Office guidance states that in a no-deal scenario EU, EEA and Swiss applicants will still be eligible to apply under the Settlement Scheme providing they are living in the UK before it leaves the EU and that they apply before 31 December 2020. If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, an Immigration Bill drafted under Theresa May’s government, would enable the Home Office to bring free movement to an end...