UK: Family migration - new rules announced
It has been nearly a year since the UKBA consulted the public on reforms to family migration. The delay in the government decision on rule changes reflects the controversial nature of these proposals, which seem to have divided the coalition government down the middle. June 11, 2012 BY Ruth Grove-White There have been signs over the past few days that an announcement was on its way, as the government made a series of muscle-flexing statements with a law and order focus in relation to family migration over the weekend. First the criminalisation of forced marriage was announced on Friday, then home secretary Theresa May, in an interview yesterday on the Andrew Marr show, trailed her intentions to attempt to toughen up application of human rights law to foreign prisoners. Today, finally, she made a statement to the House of Commons outlining her full intentions as regards family migration. Overall, there are a number of significant changes f...