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by Suranee | June 23, 2009 at 06:51 am
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The Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP) Forum said Indian immigrants with permanent residency rights in the UK are being harrassed by British immigration officers when they return back to the country from trips abroad.
Indian immigrants with permanent residency rights in the UK have complained of being harassed and "treated like criminals" by British immigration officers on returning to the country from trips abroad, a forum representing highly skilled workers has claimed.
Apart from being detained at the airport, Indian immigrants with permanent residency also face having their passports confiscated or are issued with a temporary admission letter if the Immigration officer is not convinced that what the migrant and his family said is true.
If the Immigration officer is not convinced that what the migrant and his family said is true then they are detained at the airport, their passports are taken away and they are issued with a temporary admission letter which supersedes their original valid long term visa.
Dr. Swaro said legal immigrants should not be harassed unnecessarily by the immigration officers.
Dr Amaresh Swaro, executive committee member of the forum, said: "As much as it is important for the immigration officers to carry out checks properly, it is also important to make sure that legal migrants are not harassed unnecessarily."
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at 09:02 on June 23rd, 2009
Some people get a badge and thats it they become power freaks. People are treated less than human these days.
at 19:22 on June 23rd, 2009
The guilty seem to always get away with breaking the rules Jazzy, and it's usually the ones who do not break the law that officials go after.
at 11:46 on June 23rd, 2009
This is not fair.
at 19:26 on June 23rd, 2009
It sure isn't fair Amy. If a person is a permanent resident of a country and has the documents to prove it, I don't see why they have to be interrogated in such a manner.