UK restricts DR Congo visas over migrant return policy
The UK is to impose visa restrictions against people arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo after its government failed to agree to measures allowing the return of illegal migrants and foreign national offenders.
Ministers say the DRC has not made changes required under the toughening up of the UK’s asylum rules announced in November.
Meanwhile, the Home Office said Angola and Namibia had agreed to step up efforts to take back their citizens, having been threatened with sanctions alongside the DRC.
A government source said Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood would not hesitate to ban visas for other countries refusing to take citizens back.
The Home Office said Angola and Namibia agreeing to improve their processes marked the “first delivery success from last month’s asylum ...
