One-in-three visas granted wrongly
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Clifford Armion
le 09/12/2013
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More than one in three visas granted to migrant entrepreneurs should have been refused, a review found.Immigration officers repeatedly failed to establish applicants had enough cash or double check documents, said John Vine, the chief inspector of borders and immigration. He also slammed officials for failing to predict a 1,520 per cent surge in applications which created a 9,000-strong backlog.
Alp Mehmet, of campaign group MigrationWatch, hit out at the revelations. “It sounds like officials have been giving applicants the benefit of the doubt. There is no excuse for not doing the job properly,” he said.
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"One-in-three visas granted wrongly", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), décembre 2013. Consulté le 23/04/2024. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/one-in-three-visas-granted-wrongly