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One is allowed to attend a job interview, but this needs to be arranged before landing in the UK. Better carry an invitation letter when the friendly border age
by periheli0n 5y ago
One is allowed to attend a job interview, but this needs to be arranged before landing in the UK. Better carry an invitation letter when the friendly border agent asks for it.
What’s worrying though is the apparent bias towards detaining young women from southern/eastern Europe. Racial/national profiling?
- viraptor 5y agoUnless you have information to the contrary, some of the described people did arrive for scheduled interviews. I would assume that they either had a letter, or that a single call to the company would save everyone a lot of problems.
- periheli0n 5y agoIf the border agent sends someone for detention who has an invitation for a job interview (and notably, for a job that will qualify for a work visa) then they break UK law.
- pjc50 5y agoAnd we all know what happens when the police break the law, right? Nearly always nothing.
- periheli0n 5y agoUnfortunately the article doesn’t say anything about the qualifications of those detained. If these were “unskilled workers” looking to work in the UK then they have no right of entry. If they were “skilled workers” with a job interview lined up and confirmed in writing, then the border force violated the law and the ones detained can sue for compensation.
- viraptor 5y agoSecond paragraph: "Europeans with job interviews are among those being denied entry and locked up." For the interview visit, there's no restrictions based on the job qualifications as far as I can tell. (unless you can find something specific?) So yes, that's pretty much why this article exists - they should not have been detained.