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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondent

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Eu citizen who applied for pre settled status set to be deported from scotland - Caught on Camera

Costa Koushiappis as seen at work
Costa Koushiappis was given an official certificate of application by the Home Office. Photograph: Costa Kousiappis

An EU citizen caught up in a Home Office backlog of applications for post-Brexit residency status is to be deported by Border Force officials in Scotland.

Costa Koushiappis, 39, who is Greek Cypriot, has been told to show up at Edinburgh airport at 7am on Friday to be forcibly put on a flight to Amsterdam just weeks after he received an email from the Home Office to say it could take a further 24 months to process his application for status.

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