Atticus

Hi came across this article, thought it was very sad but shows how strict the rules are enforced.

Its such a shame for the family I hope something gets worked out for them.

http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.a...55E952,00.html

atticus

Phoenixuk2oz

Heartbreaking...absolutly heartbreaking ......difficult to comment as not sure of whole case history. Seems on surface it's red tape gone mad.

Heart goes out to em

seang

unbelievable.............

Am sure there are many similar stories but christ that is bad.........

good on ya DIMIA

madsad

So sad,to tear a family apart like that,couldnt imagine how that poor woman can begin to put the pieces of her life back together
Donna.

lucyb

That is so harsh...she must be heartbroken. Surely someone can intervene and see the human side of all this??!

scotpandj

The law is an ASS......Extemely cold and heartless....Very sad story


Scotpandj

moneypenny20

What if the poor lady had no other relations to "be passed among". That is just horrible.

tony blair

HA! You obviously have not lived under El Presidente Johhny Howards parrochial racist tinpot dictatorship long enough to see that the majority of Aussie do not give a stuff about immigrants. In fact Aussie love to see a "tough" stance on immos, oh how easy they seem to dehumanize these poor people.

Please leave your social conscience at Heathrow if you want to assimilate into the typical Aussie mindset.

moneypenny20

Don't beat about the bush, Tony, tell us how you feel

jayr

I'm pleased to see the expressions of humanity in this thread and trust it therefore equally would apply in the case of a family of say Croatians who had fled and tried to settle in the UK.

JAJ

It looks to me like they have tried to include the mother as a dependent on their own PR application. Normally that's difficult/impossible to do, as I regularly point out.

One suspects that's the reason why the PR application got delayed in the first place.

It seems like DIMIA have given the family some options in this situation that a strict reading of the law may not allow (they may have had enough legal grounds to deny PR to the whole family if they had wanted). As PRs the family may have other sponsorship options too, that could rest on the discretion of the Minister.

The bottom line is that I don't think the article tells the full story.

Jeremy

Pollyana

As with many UK newspaper articles, there is probably more to the story than appears in print. Newspapers will slant a story to gain maximum sales, whichever country they are in.