On December 26, the British immigration authorities prevented the entry into the country of María, a 34-year-old Spanish designer who lives with her husband and in-laws in Bedfordshire and who had gone to Malaga for the birth of a niece. After spending the night detained at Luton airport, she was put on a plane back to Spain.
Maria lived in the UK between 2014 and 2018, then was in South Africa during the pandemic, and subsequently returned to England to do a veterinary apprenticeship. She submitted her application for settled status under the Brexit agreements between London and the EU after the official deadline had expired, and was denied because, according to the Home Office, she could not demonstrate that she met the necessary requirements. .
After appealing, he received a certificate stating this and saying that “you can work in the United Kingdom while your appeal is being processed.” It is not a deportation, but rather a refusal of entry, which she can try again within a month. The problem is that she said she was coming to work. If she had said that she was doing it as a tourist, nothing would have happened.
