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, EU citizens are not automatically deported, if you have settled to sign up to the status System by the 2021 deadline, Downing Street said.

The Confirmation comes after the European Parliament Brexit-coordinator, Guy Verhofstadt , said he had the assurance of the British Government .

EU citizens can live in the UK, refer to a stay in the country after a UK exit the EU.

has made So far, The Number of applicants to the scheme, More Than 2. 7 million.

Almost 2. 5 million EU citizens have said, you can live and work in the UK after Brexit, while six "serious or persistent" criminals had rejected their applications.

The deadline for application for the program is 30. June 2021.

Mr Verhofstadt told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme he believed that those who can missed the deadline you can still apply for permanent status after "to justify why it was not possible in the normal procedure".

"is It not automatic deportation," he added.

In October last year, Home Office minister Brandon Lewis ", If the EU have not registered citizens, up to this point, and not a sufficient reason for him, then the applicable immigration rules are applied. "

When pressed on whether the including those that meet the statutory requirements for the stay, but not apply after the expiry of the time limit, he replied: "Theoretically, Yes. We will apply The Rules . "

not said But on Friday, Mr Lewis, the deportation of EU citizens who have not applied, for low-status "is what we are".

In an interview for the BBC politics East programme, to be shown on Sunday, he said his focus was to encourage the people to take.

Mr Lewis added: "at the end of June 2021, when the people applied, and you have good reason, we are us, and we will try status.

"But I don't want to go to this place. I want people to apply now. "

the question of whether the police could be knocking on the people in June of next year, and escorting them out of the country, if you have not applied for, he said: "this is not what we are, we say to people who have their home here," we value you, we want you to stay. '"

Guy Verhofstadt , the European Parliament is the Brexit coordinator, and former Prime Minister of Belgium

Mr Verhofstadt, he said Today, had said that the British Government saw the possibility for the EU citizens, which will be able to print you document their status.

Responding to his comments, which said the Home Office : "There is no change in our digital approach. It has always been so that people could print a copy of your written confirmation, but this cannot be used as proof of status. "

He added: "The EU scheme provides people with a safe, digital state of The Future -evidence your rights. Physical documents can be damaged, lost, stolen, and manipulated. "

Mr Verhofstadt also said the possibility was raised of EU citizens to sit on The Independent monitoring authority, to monitor the place of, the rights of the citizens.

Asked whether he thought the UK ever again, the EU said in The Future , Mr Verhofstadt, he thought, it would happen eventually, but "difficult to say when".

"There is a young generation who will say, 'What have we done? We want to go back,'" he added.

Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan praised the British Government in dealing with the question of the rights of citizens, saying: "A system is now up and running, and it is by far The Most effective and The Most generous in the EU countries.

"I don't think a single state under the [other] 27 [EU member States], which has been established to provide a system of the rights of nationals of the United Kingdom, the work, as generously and at no cost to the affected persons, as our return. "

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Source of news: bbc.com