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Post by Frenchie on Apr 29, 2009 9:28:13 GMT 1
MPs are to debate the government's decision to limit the number of Gurkha veterans allowed to settle in the UK. The Liberal Democrats, who have put forward a parliamentary motion calling for an easing of the rules, are urging Labour MPs to vote against ministers. Some 36,000 former Gurkhas have been denied residency because they served in the British army before 1997. The government insists changes made to residency rules last week will allow an extra 4,300 to settle in the UK. Immigration regulations introduced in 2004 allowed serving Gurkhas with at least four years' service to move to the UK. However, they do not apply to those discharged from the Army before 1 July 1997, when their base relocated from Hong Kong to Folkestone, Kent. Full Story >>
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