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11-23-2018, 02:50 PM
Teachers, doctors and lawyers among those wrongly forced to leave UK under security rules
The Home Office has tried to force at least 300 highly skilled migrants to leave Britain under an immigration rule designed primarily to tackle terrorists and those judged to be a threat to national security, government figures show.
The figures, revealed in a governmental review of its use of the controversial 322(5) provision, suggest that up to 87 highly skilled migrants – including teachers, doctors, lawyers, engineers and IT professionals – have wrongly been forced to leave the UK under the terrorism-related legislation. A further 400 people have been affected.
Continue reading... (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/23/home-office-tried-to-deport-300-skilled-migrants-under-terrorism-law)
The Home Office has tried to force at least 300 highly skilled migrants to leave Britain under an immigration rule designed primarily to tackle terrorists and those judged to be a threat to national security, government figures show.
The figures, revealed in a governmental review of its use of the controversial 322(5) provision, suggest that up to 87 highly skilled migrants – including teachers, doctors, lawyers, engineers and IT professionals – have wrongly been forced to leave the UK under the terrorism-related legislation. A further 400 people have been affected.
Continue reading... (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/23/home-office-tried-to-deport-300-skilled-migrants-under-terrorism-law)