UK group protests exploitation of Indian women with dependent visas
17 Aug 2017 5:47 PM GMT
London: One of Britain's largest Indian women's groups has staged a protest outside the UK Home Office's Visas and Immigration headquarters here to draw attention to the exploitation of Indian women who accompany their husbands on so-called "dependent visas".
Indian Ladies in the UK (ILUK) has called for a change in legal requirements that gives husbands the right to cancel a spousal visa single-handedly by claiming the breakdown of their marriage, leaving their Indian wives with no rights in the UK."We have women here today who have come from far and wide in the UK and who hail from far and wide in India. It's a testament to the fact that this is a problem that is widespread," said Poonam Joshi, founder of ILUK, at the protest on Wednesday.
"It is appalling that migrants bring their home-grown prejudices about the treatment of women and outdated ideas about caste, dowry etc with them to the UK. While Britain's immigration system has been generous to millions, it is also quite easily exploited by individuals who have no sense of right and wrong when it comes to the treatment of women," she said.
Thousands of women move to the UK on dependent visas with their partners who are employed in the country.
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