Submitted on Thursday 23rd February 2017
Published on Tuesday 18th April 2017
Current status: Closed
Closed: Tuesday 2nd May 2017
Signatures: 267
Tagged with
Children ~ David Cameron ~ Immigration ~ Law ~ Prime Minister ~ Supreme ~ Theresa May
Apologise to children treated unlawfully in the 2012 Spouse Visa rules
The Supreme Court judged that Theresa May's 2012 family visa rules and the Immigration Directorate Instruction are unlawful in failing to take proper account of the Government’s duty to have regard to the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children when making decisions which affect them
This followed a report by the government-appointed Children's Commissioner that up to 15,000 children are living in 'Skype families' because of the same rules. It is time to say sorry.
The Supreme Court judgment [pdf]: http://bit.ly/mmcase
The Children's Commissioner's report: http://bit.ly/skypefamilies
"When people's love is divided by the law, it is the law that needs to change" - then Prime Minister David Cameron, 2014: http://bit.ly/thelawthatneedstochange
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