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Katie Tonkiss

Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Policy at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Aston University.

Birmingham, UK.

Katie Tonkiss

Through its immigration policies, the UK government decides whose families are ‘legitimate’

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Through its immigration policies, the UK government decides whose families are ‘legitimate’

— UK proposes changes to visa rules amid migration panic. Health and care visa holders can’t bring family; British citizens need £38,700 income for non-British families. Policies suggest hierarchy in family legitimacy, impacting migrants and mixed-nationality families.

By Katie Tonkiss Dec 15, 2023

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