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EU citizen caught up in Home Office residency backlog forcibly removed from UK

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Costa Koushiappis , 39 , a Greek Cypriot, was put on a plane to Amsterdam with only three days' notice.

He arrived in the UK in 2017 , before Brexit , and after an absence due to poor health and then Covid lockdowns did not return until 2021 .

His subsequent application for pre-settled status was rejected by the Home Office on 28 October 2022 .

Days later , on 2 November , he applied for the “administrative review” but was told as recently as 25 October the decision could take two years to be processed such was the backlog of cases.

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