The UK’s new digital-only immigration system is creating stress, fear and exclusion for immigrants who rely on their status, a new report has found.

The digitalisation of immigration status began in 2018 and in the middle of this year the government set out that nearly all migrants entering or legally residing in the UK would have to obtain an eVisa to prove their rights. This would make them the first migrants to experience a mandatory digital-only identification system.

But, according to the study by Migrant Voice and the University of Warwick, the new system has caused people to experience high levels of stress while trying to digitalise their immigration status within tight deadlines. The researchers spoke with 40 migrants, many of whom said they feared not being able to prove thei

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