Blogs by the3million team members 

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April 2020

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• LSE Brexit - Alexandra Bulat
  Soundbites won’t help migrants – policy change will

 

February 2020

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• Free Movement Legal Blogs - Kuba Jablonowski
  Government hiding key Settlement Scheme data, inspection report suggests
   

• LSE Brexit - Monique Hawkins
  The proposed immigration system will inflict untold damage
   

• LSE British Politics & Policy - Alexandra Bulat
  Why the EU Settlement Scheme is not good enough as it is

 

January 2020

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• Democratic Audit - Alexandra Bulat
  Brexit is happening – are EU citizens’ rights finally a done deal?

 

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December 2019

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• The Guardian - Maike Bohn
  Boris Johnson insults the 3.6m EU citizens who have made the UK their home
   

• CLASS - Maike Bohn
  Uncertainty & Dog-Whistle Politics: The Future Of EU Citizens

 

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November 2019

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• UK in a Changing Europe - Monique Hawkins
  EU settlement scheme: are warnings of ‘Windrush on steroids’ overblown?
   

• Huffington Post - Maike Bohn
  EU Citizens Are Still Fighting The Slow Erosion Of Their Rights

 

October 2019

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• Free Movement Legal Blogs - Kuba Jablonowski
  Home Office admits double counting in the EU Settlement statistics
   

• Free Movement Legal Blogs - Kuba Jablonowski
  Do the EU Settlement Scheme statistics add up?

 

September 2019

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• Free Movement Legal Blogs - Kuba Jablonowski
  The good, the bad, and the hard truth buried in EU Settlement Scheme stats: analysis
   

• LSE Brexit - Kuba Jablonowski
  Is the EU Settlement Scheme working? Not as well as the Home Office pretends
   

• LSE Brexit - Stijn Smismans
  Avoiding a Brexit ‘Windrush on steroids’ for EU nationals in the UK
   

• Public Sector Focus - Kuba Jablonowski
  The EU Settlement Scheme: performance to date and problems to come

 

August 2019

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• The New European - Maike Bohn and Axel Antoni
  EU citizens’ rights hang by a thread if Priti Patel ends freedom of movement overnight
   

• Free Movement Legal Blogs - Stijn Smismans
  This is how to stop Brexit causing a new Windrush scandal for EU citizens

 

July 2019

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• Democratic Audit - Alexandra Bulat
  The rights of non-UK EU citizens are still not a 'done deal'

 

June 2019

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• CLASS - Maike Bohn
  Brexit Forecast: EU Citizens At Risk

 

May 2019

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• LSE Brexit - Maike Bohn
  The Electoral Commission has effectively disenfranchised EU citizens. Now it must make amends

 

April 2019

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• Huffington Post - Maike Bohn
  A Year In Post, Sajid Javid's 'Fair And Humane' Immigration System Seems A Long Way Off

 

March 2019

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• Huffington Post - Maike Bohn
  We EU Citizens Are Pleading Europe To Rescue Our Rights In The Event Of No-Deal
   

• The Sociological Review - Kuba Jablonowski
  You don't have rights – you use them: Brexit and European citizenship

 

February 2019

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• Huffington Post - Axel Antoni
  The UK Has Finally Made EU Citizens’ Rights A Priority After Brexit – Now It Is The EU’s Turn To Do What Is Right
   

• Europe Street News - Hedwig Hegtermans
  Dutch friends meet on a Sunday… and apply for settled status

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January 2019

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• politics.co.uk - Hedwig Hegtermans
  What exactly will the Home Office do with the 3 million's private data?
   

• Metro - Maike Bohn
  Scrapping the EU citizen settlement fee doesn’t magically make us feel part of British society again
   

• LSE Brexit - Stijn Smismans
  Breaking the Brexit deadlock: a binding Protocol to the Withdrawal Agreement might provide the answer
   

• New Statesman - Maike Bohn
  EU citizens may be the next Windrush generation due to the UK’s post-Brexit settled status scheme
   

• CLASS - Maike Bohn
  CLASS Panel Verdict on Brexit Commons Vote

 

December 2018

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• The Brexit Blog - Monique Hawkins
  Citizens’ Rights – the dishonesty around Free Movement is Brexit in a nutshell
   

• Huffington Post - Maike Bohn
  The Government's Post-Brexit Plan Isn't Sound Policy, It's Dangerous Ideology
   

• CLASS - Maike Bohn
  Brexit Uncertainity Already Hurting Workers and Public Services

 

November 2018

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• Huffington Post - Maike Bohn
  May Can Apologise For Calling EU Citizens 'Queue-Jumpers', But Our Trust In The PM Is Broken
   

• Metro - Maike Bohn
  As an EU citizen in the UK Brexit has redefined my identity and this deal failed me

 

September 2018

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• politics.co.uk - Monique Hawkins
  The 'faceless bureaucrats' of Brussels stood up for our rights while England's defenders of liberty hung us out to dry

 

August 2018

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• Metro Opinion - Alexandra Bulat
  The UK needs migrants of all skill levels, not just the brightest and the best
   

• politics.co.uk - Maike Bohn
  EU migrant numbers are falling because Brand Britain is damaged
   

• New Statesman - Maike Bohn
  The Brexodus is real, and it will hurt the UK
   

• Huffington Post - Axel Antoni
  A Record Number Of EU Citizens Left The UK Last Year, And I Understand Why

 

July 2018

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• Huffington Post - Monique Hawkins
  EU Citizens' Rights In The UK - A Race To The Bottom?

 

June 2018

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• British Institute of Human Rights - Maike Bohn
  Brexit and the rights of EU citizens in the UK
   

• LSE Brexit - Anne-Laure Donskoy
  Not settled yet: questions the Home Office has yet to answer about EU citizens’ status

 

May 2018

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• Huffington Post - Axel Antoni
  Hostile Environment 2.0: Why EU Citizens And Open Rights Group Are Taking Government to Court Over Data Protection

 

April 2018

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• LSE British Politics & Policy - Stijn Smismans
  EU citizens in the UK are in a particularly weak position and need an independent authority to monitor their rights

 

March 2018

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• Huffington Post - Maike Bohn
  With One Year Left, EU Citizens And Their Families Need Certainty About Their Rights
   

• LSE Brexit - Stijn Smismans
  EU citizens in the UK are in a particularly weak position and need an independent authority to monitor their rights

 

February 2018

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• LSE Brexit Blog - Alexandra Bulat
  The rights of non-UK EU citizens are not a 'done deal'. This is why
   

• Huffington Post - Maike Bohn
  By Not Allowing Full Freedom Of Movement Theresa May Will Create Two Classes Of EU Citizens

 

December 2017

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• Huffington Post - Maike Bohn
  Is That It? EU Citizens Like Me Have Waited 18 Months For 'Sufficient Progress'?

 

November 2017

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• Huffington Post - Maike Bohn
  The Long And Winding Brexit Road: EU Citizens Help Turn A Corner

 

June 2017

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• Huffington Post - Maike Bohn
  EU Citizens In Limbo
   

• The Progressive Post - Kuba Jablonowski
  Nothing is agreed until everything is lost? European citizens in Brexit negotiations

 

May 2017

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• Huffington Post - Maike Bohn
  What A Time To Have No Voice

 

March 2017

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• Huffington Post - Maike Bohn
  Standing Up For EU Citizens' Rights

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December 2016

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• Huffington Post - Maike Bohn
  This Is Not Your Country' - Identity And Nationalism Post-Brexit

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