Nesrine Malik has personal experience of migration & applying for UK citizenship.
As she points out the shift from a five year to ten year wait to gain indefinite leave to remain (and subsequently become a UK citizen) will cement the second-class status of migrant workers & likely increase workers vulnerability to exploitation by employers who know their precarious status.
Again scapegoating migrants is leading us astray not just morally but practically!
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
I got British citizenship via the five-year route. Labour’s new 10-year rule will cause untold pain
Starmer claims to want integration. Yet denying people safety, belonging and the right to vote for a decade amounts to the exact opposite, says Guardian columnist Nesrine MalikNesrine Malik (The Guardian)
JimmyB (he/him)
Als Antwort auf Emeritus Prof Christopher May • • •My brother in law - Sierra Leonean - had to come and live and work in the UK, away from my sister and his young child, to gain PLtR. It took him years. During that time, he worked as a labourer in London - through a big agency.
I reviewed his payslips for him one time because he thought he was being scammed. Every single one had errors in their favour - mostly big. I offered to sort it. He said no - because trouble makers weren't employed. He lost thousands.
This is slavery.
Erik
Als Antwort auf JimmyB (he/him) • • •Boost with CW: UK xenophobia/racism mas.to/@JimmyB/114612505552760…
JimmyB (he/him)
2025-06-02 07:07:26