The number of partner or spouse visas granted by the Home Office to people from South Asian countries fell from 14,876 in 2010 to 8,887 last year, after the government introduced a requirement that applicants must have an available income of more than £18,000 a year. However, campaigners say that women to be used as domestic slaves dont just arrive on spouse visas, but also as students or other temporary entrants to the UK...... Cris McCurley says there are parallels between whats happening to these women and what happened to the young girls abused by members of the Asian community in places like Rotherham. White professionals dealing with different communities are frightened of getting it wrong, of being racist, being insensitive, she says. Add to that community silence and the issue stays hidden.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 22:35:16 +0000
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