The European Court of Justice has issued an opinion that the UK is guilty of indirect discrimination on the grounds of nationality if it refuses social assistance to an EU citizen who has been granted settled status under the post-Brexit EU Settlement Scheme.
The case relates to a Dutch-Croatian woman living in Northern Ireland whose application for Universal Credit was refused by the Department for Communities in June 2020.
The woman was granted pre-settled status in the UK on the basis of the EU Settlement Scheme.
