Ms Emma DeSouza:

I tried to secure numbers through freedom of information requests, but there is such a reluctance to release these figures and it has been very difficult to get them out. I personally know and work with maybe two dozen people who are affected by this situation and other families who have tried to go through the courts. It is going to be impossible to pinpoint it in terms of figures because every other week there seems to be someone else stating that they are now renouncing British citizenship, and I cannot get a hold of these figures from the Home Office. I do think that it affects more people than we realise, and with Brexit it will certainly affect many more. Really it should not be happening, full stop. If one person is suffering a rights infringement like this then we all lose.