Home Office urged to scrap long, expensive and ‘racist’ visa route

Most applicants who felt forced to use 10-year immigration route were people of colour, analysis of FoI data showsA long and expensive visa route for immigrants has been called “racist” after analysis showed most applicants who feel forced to go through it were people of colour.The “10-year route” visa is used by hundreds of thousands of people who are not eligible for other immigration schemes because of a lack of income or professional qualifications. Many work in low-paid jobs such as cleaners or carers. Other common routes to settlement in the UK take five years. Continue reading...

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