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Couples urge Home Office to drop cruel family immigration rules
Valentine's Day lobby submits 40,000-signature petition calling on government to scrap £18,600 minimum income requirement
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COUPLES forced to live thousands of miles apart by cruel immigration rules brought their fight for family rights to the Home Office today.
A group of campaigners and partners took part in a “Valentine’s Day lobby,” to submit a 40,000-signature petition demanding that the minimum income requirement (MIR) be scrapped.
Brought in by the coalition government in 2012, the MIR requires citizens and settled residents to earn over £18,600 a year before they can bring their partner to Britain.
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