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Anguish grows over 'effective ban' on most UK citizens marrying foreign nationals
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“It’s an enormous source of stress,” she told Euronews, detailing how news of the changes had left her routinely breaking down in tears and unable to focus, with her mind “desperately” thinking about how she could make things work.
The UK’s Conservative government announced the controversial change as part of a broader package of measures aimed at bringing down net migration, which reached record highs in recent years.
Observers have commented the rules are a de facto ban on Brits marrying foreign nationals, with 73% of the population unable to meet the income threshold.
The government ignored its own Migration Advisory Committee’s recommendations that it should lower the minimum income requirement, while overlooking how migrants benefit the UK, according to openDemocracy.
“The government is willing to sacrifice the rights of British citizens who happen to fall in love across borders on the altar of reducing net migration,” she said.
Whitaker-Yilmaz said the changes will disproportionately hit women and younger people who tend to earn lower wages, worrying about what would happen to those affected in the weeks and months to come.
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