Citizenship

Letter to UK Foreign Secretary in relation to Indian Visa Policy

In this letter, The Equal Rights Trust (ERT) urges the UK Foreign Secretary to raise concerns with the Government of India with regards to India's visa and immigration policy, which discriminates against UK citizens of Pakistani origin. ERT’s letter refers to guidance on application processing time provided on the Indian High Commission’s visa application website for the United Kingdom. The guidance indicates that processing time for UK citizens of Pakistani origin is a minimum of 7-8 weeks, compared to a suggested minimum processing time of 5-7 days for all other UK citizens.

ERT Letter to PM Manmohan Singh on India's Discriminatory Visa Policy

In this letter, The Equal Rights Trust (ERT) urges the Prime Minister of India to review and change in the country’s visa and immigration policy, which discriminates against UK citizens of Pakistani origin. ERT’s letter refers to guidance on application processing time provided on the Indian High Commission’s visa application website for the United Kingdom. The guidance indicates that processing time for UK citizens of Pakistani origin is a minimum of 7-8 weeks, compared to a suggested minimum processing time of 5-7 days for all other UK citizens.

Unravelling Anomaly: Detention, Discrimination and the Protection Needs of Stateless Persons

Stateless persons are those who have no nationality, or whose nationality is ineffective. This report approaches the subject through the prism of detention - a crucial issue which offers unique insight into the broader challenge of statelessness. The stateless person who cannot legally travel, reside in a country, work, study or receive health care, and whose life is a tightrope walk along the dividing line between legality and illegality is very vulnerable to detention.

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