All EU nationals will be granted to stay in the UK after BREXIT.
The status of over 3.5 million people from other countries in the EU has been up in the air since Britain voted to leave the union in the June 23 referendum.
But now the Home Office has calculated that five in six of such migrants would be unable to be deported, according to the Daily Telegraph.
This is because EU residents are entitled to permanent residency rights if they have been in the UK for five years, which will be some 80% by the time Britiain officially leaves.
The remainder, around 600,000, are set to be offered an amnesty in a potentially controversial move, the newspaper said.
Prime Minister Theresa May has always insisted that the status of EU nationals in the UK will depend on how the 1.2 million Britons in the rest of the bloc are treated after Brexit.
The Government has come under attack from across the political spectrum for refusing to guarantee the status of EU migrants in the UK, with Mrs May accused of treating them like "bargaining chips" in the Brexit "divorce" deal negotiations.
One petition demanding the government protect the rights of EU nationals living and working in the UK has been signed by over 60,000 people.
The Prime Minister has also insisted that Brexit will see immigration controls imposed on new migrants.
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