The family of Hubert Howard, a Windrush man who was refused UK citizenship because of the ‘good character requirement’, is suing the Home Office. The family of Mr Howard, who was granted citizenship three weeks prior to his death in 2019, are suing on the grounds that the good character requirement is racially discriminatory.
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The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) has called for the Home Office’s hostile UK immigration policy to be ‘abolished entirely’. The JCWI said its unacceptable that people are harassed and mistreated because of their ethnicity, nationality or UK immigration status.
A conference arranged by the JCWI called for a ‘levelling up of migrant rights’ as the UK struggles to recover from the impact of COVID-19.
The architect of the Windrush compensation scheme has slammed the Home Office over its handling of pay-outs.
According to data compiled by job search site, Indeed, interest in working in the UK among non-EU workers has surged by 20%, driven by the UK’s visa offer to Hong Kong nationals.
According to new data published by Tech Nation, Chinese IT specialists are experiencing a high approval ratio for the UK Global Talent Visa. Despite India, Nigeria and the USA making up the top three countries from which so-called ‘exceptional talent’ has arrived in the UK, IT experts from China have been approved at a higher percentage rate than any other nation.
Kevin Foster, the UK’s Minister for Future Borders and Immigration recently joined a successful webinar hosted by the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) to discuss the impact of the UK’s post-Brexit immigration system on seasonal workers. The webinar highlighted the significant number of highly-skilled, non-UK citizens working in seasonal job roles.