Scores of Indian doctors, teachers, entrepreneurs and other professionals are challenging the UK Government in court over being denied the right to live and work in Britain.
The professionals, brought together under the banner of the ‘Highly Skilled Migrants’ group, were back opposite Parliament Square in london today to protest against “unjustified” refusals by the UK Home Office of their applications for indefinite leave to remain (IlR) in Britain.
Since their last protest in February, many of the professionals refused IlR have appealed against the Home Office decision in the First Tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal – the courts which hear immigration appeals.
“Given the Windrush scandal involving innocent migrants being denied their citizenship rights and the new Home Secretary (Sajid Javid) assuring the public that the Home Office will be fair in its immigration decisions, these cases take on an added significance,” said Aditi Bhardwaj, one of the convenors of the group.