British MPs have warned that the UK visitor visa system is “broken” and doing “severe damage” to UK-Africa relations. It is embarrassing, patronising and insulting to African applicants and leaves the slogan of ‘Global Britain’ empty and meaningless. One problem faced by visa applicants was being required to travel hundreds of miles simply to apply for a visa. Since 2007, when this system was put in place, the UK government has closed visa sections in high commissions and embassies. Last month, the Guardian spoke to several African researchers about the “arbitrary” reasons they received for failed UK visa applications.

Source: The Guardian July 17, 2019 12:00 UTC