Extracts from Scottish Parliament debate on Migration - Nov 14
Wednesday, 15 November 2017 07:01
Joan McAlpine (South Scotland) (SNP):...The rule is heartbreaking.
It is also deeply discriminatory. I think that we can all agree
that it is totally wrong that, currently, people who have been born
here and who have lived and worked in the UK all their lives cannot
easily bring their American, South African or Indian husband
or wife to this country. In future, the approach could well apply
to someone who falls in love with a national from Spain, France or
Italy... Kate Forbes (Skye,...Request free trial
(South Scotland)
(SNP):...The rule is heartbreaking. It is also deeply
discriminatory. I think that we can all agree that it is totally
wrong that, currently, people who have been born here and who have
lived and worked in the UK all their lives cannot easily bring
their American, South African or Indian husband or wife to this country. In
future, the approach could well apply to someone who falls in love
with a national from Spain, France or Italy...
(Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch)
(SNP):...Because of the removal of the post-study work
visa, talented students are not coming in the first place. The
graduates we need ”the engineers and medics
from India, Nigeria and other countries”are
going to Canada, Germany and the United States. We ”our society and
our future” are the victims of the Government's very short-termist,
ill-thought-through and destructive decision to cut the tier 2
post-study work visa...
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