Minister could have applied discretion when considering citizenship applications, says judge

Members of the Windrush generation had their human rights breached when the Home Office refused to grant them citizenship, the high court has ruled.

Eunice Tumi and Vernon Vanriel were refused citizenship after being told by the home secretary they did not fulfil the residence requirement of having been in the UK on the date five years before they made the application for citizenship, the court heard.

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Source: The Guardian