"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.

Thursday, 18 April 2013

Links

http://www.meetup.com/BritCits/ meetup #2 was very nice, in a pub in London. Please do feel free to sign up and meet up!
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MSP and MP unite to fight deportation of Stirling family.

Bruce Crawford, MSP for the Stirling constituency, has criticised the United Kingdom Borders Agency (UKBA) over their plans to deport two of his constituents to Chile.

Francisca and Millie Canales have lived in Scotland since Millie was a baby having previously lived in the south of England where Millie was born.


http://newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-news/in-brief/7197-msp-and-mp-unite-to-fight-deportation-of-stirling-family
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Manchester: migrant city.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2007/10/03/031007_migrant_history_manchester_feature.shtml
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Why are so many adults adopted in Japan?

http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/04/economist-explains-why-adults-adopted-japan
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https://twitter.com/BritCits immigrant of the day :
Jessica Emmett,photographer & conceptual artist born in HK to Vietnamese refugee, adopted by Brits
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Emmett
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This summer (2013), the Home Office will carry out a re-tendering exercise for approved secure English language test providers.

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/newsarticles/2013/april/27-selt-procure

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