Portuguese man who has lived legally in UK since 2001 facing deportation

Lawyers and human rights campaigners say case shows Home Office's increasingly hostile environment policy for EU citizens

A Portuguese plumber who has lived legally in the UK for more than 20 years has been threatened with deportation by the Home Office after struggling with his application to remain here.

According to lawyers and human rights campaigners the case of Joao Rocha Goncalves Da Silva, 45, is evidence of the Home Office's increasingly hostile environment policy regarding EU citizens.