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| EU nationals: did you receive a letter threatening deportation? | EU nationals: did you receive a letter threatening deportation? |
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| The Home Office mistakenly sent out up to a hundred letters to EU nationals telling them to leave the country or face deportation | |
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| Wed 23 Aug 2017 15.06 BST | |
| Last modified on Wed 23 Aug 2017 16.56 BST | |
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| The Home Office apologised after it accidentally sent letters to EU nationals living in the UK telling them they could be deported. | The Home Office apologised after it accidentally sent letters to EU nationals living in the UK telling them they could be deported. |
| A Finnish academic, Eva Johanna Holmberg, published one of the letters on social media. In response, the government admitted it had sent letters telling people to leave UK or face removal. It could not confirm how many went to EU nationals. | A Finnish academic, Eva Johanna Holmberg, published one of the letters on social media. In response, the government admitted it had sent letters telling people to leave UK or face removal. It could not confirm how many went to EU nationals. |
| Holmberg, who has lived in the UK with her British husband for most of the last decade, aid the letter said that if she did not leave the country of her own accord the Home Office would give “directions for [her] removal”. | Holmberg, who has lived in the UK with her British husband for most of the last decade, aid the letter said that if she did not leave the country of her own accord the Home Office would give “directions for [her] removal”. |
| Have you received a letter? | Have you received a letter? |
| We want to hear from others who may have received a similar letter. Get in touch through the form below and we will use your response in our reporting. | We want to hear from others who may have received a similar letter. Get in touch through the form below and we will use your response in our reporting. |
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