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THE government’s family visa rules are so harsh that they “effectively ban” elderly parents in need of care from joining their loved ones in Britain, peers have found.
In a report published today, the House of Lords justice and home affairs committee says that “unjustified and needlessly restrictive” migration rules are forcing families to live apart.
It is “virtually impossible” for British citizens to bring an elderly parent in need of care to this country, the report says, with no-one being allowed to come to Britain under the adult dependent relative visa for the last two years.
The visa system traps workers with abusive employers, creating a vulnerable workforce scared to complain for fear of deportation — that is why we’re campaigning for a ‘common sponsorship’ model instead, writes FAVOUR DAVIDKING
Listening to our own communities and organising within them holds the key to stopping the advance of Reform UK and other far-right initiatives, posits TONY CONWAY