"I have never welcomed the weakening of family ties by politics or pressure" - Nelson Mandela.
"He who travels for love finds a thousand miles no longer than one" - Japanese proverb.
"Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence." - Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
"When people's love is divided by law, it is the law that needs to change". -
David Cameron.

Wednesday 28 August 2013

Some staff told us that they did not think that they had to consider Human Rights at all...

... For example, in the Chief Inspector’s review of 37 applications for entry clearance on the basis of marriage under the Immigration Rules where there was a child in the UK, not one contained any reference to the best interests of the child.

Quoted from the UK Children's Commisioners' briefing on the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Migration :
http://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/content/publications/content_671

More :
http://www.appgmigration.org.uk/family-inquiry/written-evidence
http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/the-appg-report-is-out-httpwww.html
http://britcits.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/the-appg-report-is-out-part-2-more.html

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