Germany is adopting a very moral
compassionate position. However there simply isn't the public support for
taking in tens of thousands of refugees in the UK. is there any alternative routes for people to reach Europe, some have argued that the UK
should offer visas to highly skilled Syrians eg nurses doctors computer
engineers etc. This could be sold as offering benefits to both the UK and the
people concerned. Its hard to see why such professionals would come to the UK
lack of social support and stringent visa controls while they can be free of
immigration control in more supportive countries like Germany. such social
support include child care, working family support, housing and education all
of which are abysmal and withheld all together from working families who come
from war torn countries.
I came to the UK on a skill visa from
Afghanistan; after investing half a million pounds, creating numerous jobs for
British citizens and paying tens of thousands into the public purse I face the
prospect of being removed from the UK. The government this year introduced more
requirements in order to qualify for stay such retrospective rules are against
the rule of law yet contrary to Phil Woolas assertion I can not find legal help
to initiate a judicial review. The official line of Home Office is to “control”
the number of immigrants in response to concern expressed by British people
through democratic processes in practice this has turned into oppressing
minority by popular demand.
The system suffers from a lack of visionary
leadership, xenophobia and short-sightedness. Refugees have protection and the
government cannot remove their status in response to popular demand but those
who work are a toy for making political gestures. the proof is the immigration
website where you will find constant and relentless stream of judicial
decisions showing the vast numbers of errors which occur by the Home Office;
transitional provisions regarding immigration rules ignored, policies not taken
into account, ambiguous rules inconsistently applied, children or dependents not
considered properly, judicial precedents ignored.
The system is broken because it does not
recognise my circumstances. I am invested in the UK, my children are born and
raised here; a war is raging in Afghanistan and apart from being born there I
have no real connection to it. Yet I am constant threatened with removal by
unfair rules. There is a divorce between the values the British society espouse
to hold and the immigration system.
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