Home Office underestimated the number of migrants who would settle in Britain by 1.7 million

The EUSS gives foreign nationals the right to claim benefits and stay in the country indefinitely. Nearly 800,000 currently claim Universal Credit as a result.

Source: Impact Assessment for EU Settlement Scheme – Updated analysis (March 2019): https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2019/74/pdfs/ukia_20190074_en.pdf

A 2019 Impact Assessment by the Home Office shows the department assumed that between 3.5million and 4.1million individuals would settle in Britain under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS).

The latest data,…