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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