BritCits

Divided families : Are we winning?

http://www.jcwi.org.uk/blog/2013/09/19/divided-families-are-we-winning

By JCWI.

'Sitting in parliamentary debates where Mark Harper, Immigration Minister, might as well be playing Angry Birds on his smart phone you don’t get a sense of progress there and then, but take a step back from the immediacy of the Westminster talking match, take a look at what’s going on across the country, then you start to see things differently.

'Local newspapers, and student papers up and down the country are not only reporting the terrible situation faced by families divided by the rules,some are actively campaigning for the families’ rights to be together – under one roof, in the UK. The national press is getting in on the act and Channel 4 News has been quite excellent in its coverage of the issue...

Joint briefing by BritCits and JCWI, 9th September 2013 :
http://www.scribd.com/doc/169706369/Joint-Briefing-by-Britcits-and-Jcwi
Issue: The Home Office has paused the processing of visa for spouses/partners of British citizens and residents for an indeterminate length of time leaving British families in limbo.