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The brochures with the question “Have you already registered?” They were displayed in a Polish grocery store in London. The question is for immigrants who want to continue living legally in the UK. Defenders of EU citizens’ rights also distributed these brochures on the street.
“We hear a lot from vulnerable people, like the elderly, that their status is safe. They don’t even know that they have to register because they have been in the UK for a long time. We often hear from parents that their status is passed on to their children, but this is not the case. An individual application had to be made for each child, “said Lara Parizotto, an EU civil rights activist.
There were similar opinions among Lithuanians. According to Alvija Černiauskaitė, president of the Lithuanian community in Great Britain, there were definitely those who thought they did not need to register or who thought that adults register and children automatically belong.
“However, we have all reported that it is necessary to register each individual and each child or infant.”
It is estimated that at the end of April, almost 250 thousand. registration requests. The Lithuanian Ambassador to the UK clarifies that this means the total number of applications, not that so many Lithuanians have been registered, as the applications could be repeated. For example, fitting data.
“Perhaps the most exact number is the one we have on the states already granted. The so-called state of total liquidation has already received 175 thousand. Lithuanian citizens, and that state of partial settlement – 53 thousand,” commented Ambassador Renatas Norkus.
Registering is not complicated and only takes a few minutes.
“From 5 to 10 minutes and people who have worked here and registered in the system, usually do not even need to present any documents, they only need to identify themselves with a passport or an identification card,” explained A. Černiauskaitė.
UK authorities were delighted that nearly 5 million people managed to register without a hitch and there were more Poles and Romanians among them.
Those who did not make it due to the target registration will have an additional time – 28 days. People who live and work illegally will be sadder.
“It will be impossible to find work if you do not have a legal base in which you are in this country or the health system, various social services will be really limited. Those people will have to quickly decide whether to apply and can obtain that status or leave this country, “warned Ambassador R. Norkus.
Although last year immigration in Lithuania was higher than emigration, after EU countries opened after quarantine, emigration is increasing again.
“The UK is still attractive enough in terms of income inequality, with wages more than 2.5 times higher in the UK. Clearly, that difference has melted from 6 times when we joined the EU to 2.5. It may not be a great incentive to emigrate from Lithuania, but perhaps another competitive one in the UK is that the price level is one of the lowest, ”Ž commented. Mauricas.
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