High court rejects bid to extend UK's EU settlement scheme

Campaigners say refusal to delay June deadline risks second Windrush on much bigger scale'

The high court has rejected a legal bid for an extension to the EU settlement scheme (EUSS), dismissing campaigners' concerns that those EU residents who fail to apply to remain in the UK before July could face devastating" consequences, similar to those experienced by the Windrush generation.

Legal action mounted by the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants called for the Home Office to extend the deadline to ensure that those who miss the 30 June cut-off date do not become undocumented and liable to detention and removal.