According to a recent reportin the Guardian EU nationals rough sleeping in the UK after 1 January could face deportation under immigration rules to be laid before Parliament.
However, homeless EU nationals are already being ‘reconnected’ to their country of origin by local authorities in a practice which currently is going under the radar.
‘Reconnection’ is a process whereby EEA nationals who approach their local authority for support around issues with homelessness or destitution are offered support to return to their country of origin as the only path available to them.
We have been trying to find out how many EEA nationals are being reconnected. Read more about what we found here