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<p>The Home Office does not hold estimates of the number of EU citizens with a criminal
record who are eligible to apply for immigration status under the EU Settlement Scheme.</p><p><br>If
the draft Withdrawal Agreement is agreed, the Government will implement that agreement,
including a right of appeal in respect of citizens’ rights immigration decisions,
through the Withdrawal Agreement Bill.</p><p>If there is no deal, a person who is
refused status under the EU Settlement Scheme on criminality grounds and who is therefore
liable to be deported will, in respect of pre-exit conduct, have a right of appeal
under the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016. In respect of post-exit
conduct, they will be able to make a human rights claim in relation to any deportation
decision and, if that claim is refused, they will have a right of appeal under section
82 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.</p><p>An EU citizen who is
refused leave under the EU Settlement Scheme on the basis of their criminal conduct
will not have a right to reside in the UK once a decision is made to deport them on
criminality grounds.</p>
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