"I have never welcomed the weakening of family ties by politics or pressure" - Nelson Mandela.
"He who travels for love finds a thousand miles no longer than one" - Japanese proverb.
"Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence." - Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
"When people's love is divided by law, it is the law that needs to change". - David Cameron.

Monday 14 January 2013

Today's links

'Immigration woes: can't buy me love' : http://tribune.com.pk/story/491578/immigration-woes-cant-buy-me-love/

A very good piece featuring several people from the BritCits pack. Thanks to Fazal for writing this. It is heartening to see this issue gaining international attention.

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'Baby delight for Sheffield visa row couple' : http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/baby-delight-for-sheffield-visa-row-couple-1-5060080

Big kudos to Sheffield MP Paul Blomfield for standing up for the right of families to be together. Mr. Blomfield's Facebook page is here :
https://www.facebook.com/paulblomfieldmp?ref=ts&fref=ts

You can read about Paul Blomfield's contributions to another campaign here. He seems to be the ideal constituency MP :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/the-northerner/2012/jun/27/refugees-immigration

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'Jade's story' : http://familyimmigrationalliance.wordpress.com/2013/01/14/jades-story/ . Via the Family Immigration Alliance :  http://familyimmigrationalliance.wordpress.com

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'Swansea mum's heartbreak as visa refusal forces family apart' : http://m.thisissouthwales.co.uk/story.html?aid=17852611

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'Obama will seek citizenship path in one fast push' : http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/us/politics/obama-plans-to-push-congress-on-immigration-overhaul.html?_r=1&

That the US and UK seem to be moving in opposite directions is one of the 'five things Migrant Rights Network thinks will be on the agenda in 2013' : http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk/blog/2013/01/immigration-year-ahead-five-things-we-think-will-be-agenda-2013
'4.) Obama’s plans in the US to ease the path to citizenship for undocumented migrants will reignite debate on this issue in the UK'

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'Who’s to blame for low wages? How we reached the bottom well before the immigrants arrived' : http://www.migrantsrights.org.uk/blog/2013/01/who-s-blame-low-wages-how-we-reached-bottom-well-immigrants-arrived

A good piece by Don Flynn of Migrants Rights Network. Follow Don on Twitter : https://twitter.com/donflynnmrn

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'Tory immigration policy is not doomed to fail – it is designed to do so' : http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/14/immigration-policy-designed-to-fail?CMP=twt_gu

The author of the article is a geographer and member of the Oxford International Migration Institute : http://www.imi.ox.ac.uk/about-us/people/alan-gamlen / http://www.victoria.ac.nz/sgees/about/staff/alan-gamlen

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