Thousands of EU nationals are at risk of losing their legal status in the UK after Brexit @MYM Solic

Thousands of EU nationals are at risk of losing their legal status in the UK after Brexit, a new report has warned. 

Domestic abuse victims, children and the elderly are among those at risk of losing their right to remain in Britain despite meeting the required criteria to stay, experts said. 

Its director Madeleine Sumption said: "The Home Office is clearly keen to create a system that is easy and straightforward to use, and most EU citizens should be able to sail through a simplified application process with little difficulty. But for a minority of people, the process will be more difficult. 

Thousands of EU nationals at risk of losing legal status in UK after Brexit, MYM Solicitors