The 46-year-old woman, who arrived in Britain as an 11-month-old baby and has never left the country, has been trying to secure EU settled status since her employers dismissed her last June, as they enforced post-Brexit right-to-work regulations.
Her uncertain status has left her unable to claim unemployment benefits, pushing her into debt. As her family’s main breadwinner, her inability to work has left her struggling to support her two teenage children, who like her husband are British, and forced her to rely on handouts from her mother-in-law’s pension.
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