African lives are measured in fighting UK visa rejections | Nesrine Malik

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The Home Office’s hostile handling of African professionals doesn’t bode well for Global Britain, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

An African passport is the most egalitarian of documents, in that if you have one then class, employment status and professional invitations from the country you are visiting all count for nothing. From university professors to unskilled labourers, anyone holding a passport issued by a country in Africa will be treated the same by UK border officers. They will also show no compassion for or recognition of the need for people to be reunited with family or to see friends.

 

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Poor Nesrine seems even more optimistic about the prospects for Brexit Britain than Boris or Jacob Rees-Mogg.

Yes, let everyone in. Then the UK's population can hit an even more wonderfully high level and we'll all die of hunger while standing on each others' heads ! More immigrants bodes ill for non-self-sufficient in food Britain.

Stay in africa and help make africa better. If you actually cared about your fellow africans this is what you would do.

Stunning and brave piece.

utter nonsense Visas are rejected for very sound reasons, no one who is not a British subject has an automatic right to enter the UK is the bottom line here

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