{"id":42564,"date":"2023-02-22T08:07:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T08:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=42564"},"modified":"2023-02-22T08:07:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T08:07:43","slug":"backlogged-visa-scheme-is-forcing-relatives-of-uk-refugees-to-take-dangerous-risks-watchdog-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2023\/02\/22\/backlogged-visa-scheme-is-forcing-relatives-of-uk-refugees-to-take-dangerous-risks-watchdog-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"Backlogged visa scheme is &#8216;forcing relatives of UK refugees to take dangerous risks&#8217;, watchdog warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-42564 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2022\/11\/26\/nhs-forced-to-spend-180m-a-year-on-pointless-visa-charges\/home-office\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Home-office-100x100.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span class=\"dropcap-element-slot\">A<\/span>n \u2018ineffective\u2019 visa route that allows refugees to bring relatives to the UK could be leading families to take \u2018dangerous\u2019 alternatives to reach Britain, a watchdog has warned.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/uknews\/backlogged-visa-scheme-is-forcing-relatives-of-uk-refugees-to-take-dangerous-risks-watchdog-warns\/ar-AA17M8Lo?ocid=msedgntp&amp;cvid=10eb5491c2ff4f1b85758ee275c8ae6c\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>An \u2018ineffective\u2019 visa route that allows refugees to bring relatives to the UK could be leading families to take \u2018dangerous\u2019 alternatives to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-42564","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-immigration"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Home-office.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42565,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42564\/revisions\/42565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}