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Guessing it stems from "we need something dead-simple to evaluate that yields a definite yes-or-no answer, with no annoying variables." I'm trying to think of
by Terr_ 1y ago
Guessing it stems from "we need something dead-simple to evaluate that yields a definite yes-or-no answer, with no annoying variables."
I'm trying to think of some other reason they might want a specific moment rather than "pick your own instant within this span", but I can't think of anything. Even if it was to "make sure you aren't claiming the same time on two applications to different places", the person could have simply staggered the applications.
- SecondHandTofu 1y agoThe other reason is more mundane. There's been a lot of political incentive to reduce immigration for a long time, which means adding arbitrary friction to increase the effort of applying and decrease the number of successful applicants. Whether this is _effective_ is a different question, but certainly it's gotten a lot harder in recent decades, even pre-Brexit.
- poncho_romero 1y agoThat explanation doesn’t seem to jive with the fact that post-COVID the UK has accepted millions of immigrants
- xp84 1y agolol, that’s extra funny considering that the boat people can just appear and receive not only the de facto right to remain, but get free hotel rooms for years. Meanwhile productive people with useful skills are tortured with red tape.