Fog in Channel, continent cut off
https://twitter.com/The_UK_Migrant tweets :
1700 signatories. Now sign & tell TheresaMay that this #familyvisanightmare is not in your name
http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/theresa-may-don-t-force-me-to-give-birth-without-my-husband
There seems to be something of a misconception out in Twitter-land that the UK's immigration rules are more open than other developed countries, like Japan.
This is a myth. Read this man's experience of getting a spouse visa in Japan :
http://jamesinjapan.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/how-i-got-my-spouse-visa/
You will not see 1/ an income requirement which prevents half or more of the population bringing in a spouse ( http://www.migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/press-releases/women-young-people-and-non-londoners-are-most-affected-changes-family-migration-polic ) 2/ a Japanese language test requirement set to B1 level (the same level required to study at HND, or associate's degree, level), or 3/ a 'life in Japan' general knowledge/history test.
Also 4/ the foreign spouse's job can be taken into account.
An example form is here : http://www.atlanta.us.emb-japan.go.jp/SpouseVisa.pdf
Of course this all begs the question - what if Japan retaliates? What if the US, Canada, Australia retaliate?
What if Europe closes its borders to British expats? (Remember the old headling - 'Fog in Channel, continent cut off'?? http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-24/fog-in-channel-cameron-cut-off.html )
The UK would become a very isolated, backwards kind of place. A poor place, in every meaning of the word.
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https://twitter.com/BritCits immigrant of the day :
@jamescaan, born in Pakistan, grew up in brick Lane from age 2 to become part of elite Dragons Den
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Caan_%28entrepreneur%29
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https://twitter.com/NickMalkoutzis tweets :
Gangs exploit migrants on way to #Greece. Gangs exploit Greeks emigrating to #Germany. Wonderful world we've created
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite6_1_31/03/2013_490554
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Human trafficking victims tell of drug factory ordeal.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2013/apr/07/human-traffic-victims-drug-factories
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https://twitter.com/alexburrett tweets :
British born citizen sacked by Asda for refusing to prove he wasn't an Illegal #Immigrant after 13 years service
http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/sacked-refusing-prove-he-wasnt-illegal-immigrant
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https://twitter.com/gerardhearne tweets :
'we are determined to fight prejudice and discrmination wherever it exists - if we do not deliver - vote us out in five years' OK, will do !
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