Monday 24 June 2013

NIGERIANS, OTHER HIGH RISK COUNTRIES TO PAY £3,000 BEFORE ENTERING BRITAIN






According to a report by dailymail.co.uk, Nigerians, and other high risk countries, will have to pay £3,000 before they can enter Britain, because of the high volume of visitor visa applications and relatively high levels of abuse. Dem say una no dey sidon for una country. Nigerians, we can overdo and abuse things. Read the report below;



"Tens of thousands of visitors from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nigeria will be forced to pay a £3,000 bond to be allowed to enter Britain. They will only get the money back once they leave the country in a bid to end abuse of the visa system. Home Secretary Theresa May said the intention was to make the immigration system more ‘selective’ and deter people from ‘overstaying’ once their visitor visa has expired. In the long-term, she hopes to extend the Australian-style bond scheme to also include foreign workers and students. The idea will be welcomed by backbench Tory MPs, who have been urging the government to take a tougher line on immigration to combat the threat of UKIP.



But it is likely to face legal challenges on the grounds that – because it targets only people from so-called ‘high risk’ countries – it is discriminatory. There are also fears it may lead to countries such as India making British tourists pay a similar bond. The scheme will be piloted from November, for people from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nigeria and Ghana. They are being targeted because of the high volume of visitor visa applications and relatively high levels of abuse"

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