Ahead of Brexit, all EU nationals living in the UK need to prove their immigration status under the EU Settlement Scheme in order to remain in the country.
After the scheme was launched, it was billed by then Home Secretary Sajid Javid as being "simple and straightforward" to complete.
But research by immigration charity Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit has found otherwise.
According to the charity's Not so Straightforward report, the scheme is "designed for people leading ordered, uncomplicated lives who have the evidence to prove it".
It is not for "children with disrupted life histories who have little ownership of documents that show their nationality or where they have been living".
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