Huguenot Lovers on St Bartholomew’s Day by John Everett Millais, oil on canvas, 1852.
Image: Wikipedia
If you are living in a mixed-nationality marriage in the hostile
environment of the modern UK, true love and hard work are not enough to
stop you from being forcibly separated from your family. “Oh, it
couldn’t happen here”. Oh, yes it could, and it is happening now.
Only the rich will survive in Brexit Britain.
Many people who’ve not had cause to find out the hard way don’t
realise that mixed-nationality couples can be forbidden from living
together in the UK if they don’t earn enough. We want to raise awareness
of this, and we’re proud that Lib Dem policy is to oppose it. If you’re
married to a British person, you should be allowed to live with them.
No means
testing. For richer, for poorer.
Lina is a Dachshund from Munich, Germany; Jamie is an English Bulldog
from Croydon. Jamie worries about whether Brexit will mean Lina can’t
come and live with him.
Kuniko is a Shiba Inu from Kyoto, Japan. Gary is a Jack Russell
Terrier from Bolton. Gary’s income is just enough for Kuniko to be
allowed here — but not enough for their puppies too. They don’t know
what they should do.
Malcolm is an Old English Sheepdog from
Hexham; Brigitte is a Bichon Frise from Toulouse, France. Brigitte is
looking forward to the country life, but first she needs to find out
what paperwork she’ll need, and the Home Office isn’t answering her
questions.
Maryam is a Persian cat from Isfahan, Iran. Tom is a Yorkshire
Terrier from Leeds. Maryam expects to get a good job in the UK — but the
Home Office won’t count that as income while she’s still in Iran. The
stress is affecting both of them.
Rick is an English Bulldog from Solihull; Ernesto is a chihuahua from
Ciudad Juarez in Chihuahua, Mexico. Unfortunately Rick lost his job as a
security guard, and his benefits don’t come to enough for Ernesto to
join him.
Rachel is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel from Southampton; Dietrich
is a Bernese Mountain Dog from Bern, Switzerland. Dietrich is trying to
sort out Settled Status but that needs an Android smartphone and his big
paws aren’t good with phones.
Shirley is a Bearded Collie from Durham; Jane is a Shih Tzu from
Shenzhen, China. Same-sex marriages aren’t recognized in China; Shirley
and Jane wonder if this will affect their rights in the UK.
Morag is a West Highland Terrier from Ardnamurchan, and Paweł is a
Pomeranian from Gdańsk in Pomerania, Poland. Morag hopes that Paweł
won’t experience the abuse that many Poles in the UK have had.
Rhys is a Collie from near Aberystwyth; no-one is quite sure where Ziggy is from, but Rhys loves them anyway.
* Liberal Democrat Immigrants exists to represent those members
of the Liberal Democrats who have chosen to come to live in the UK from
elsewhere. It also seeks to represent the interests of immigrants to the
UK in general and to highlight those issues that disproportionately
affect immigrants.”
#hostileenvironment #FBPE #Remain
A King Charles Spaniel by Manet, oil on canvas, c. 1866
The look on a dog’s face that says people have lost their minds. They had happiness within their grasp and they have thrown the ball away. Stop Brexit. STAY!
