A Perth -based pressure group has said the COVID-19 outbreak is stopping some EU nationals from applying to stay in the UK.
Perth for Europe spoke out after Pete Wishart MP called for the EU settlement scheme to be made into a registration scheme rather than an application scheme.Mr Wishart wrote to home secretary Priti Patel calling for the scheme to be reviewed.
Currently, EU nationals living in Perth and Kinross have until June next year to apply. But as a result of the pandemic, many avenues open to helping EU nationals are not available.A spokesperson for Perth for Europe told the PA: “Perth for Europe agrees that the EU settlement scheme should be a registration rather than an application.“Prior to the EU referendum, the Leave