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I agree it's not all good in other countries either. The Netherlands is another example of no flexibility whereas Spain is far more relaxed and willing to give people a chance.
During Brexit it was also clear there was little interest in Brits in mainland Europe from the uk government...like "tough shit" everyone.
However as the man already has a record of paperwork it's potentially a clear violation of what was agreed and while labour inherited an underfunded and understaffed home office I think this isn't cool. Had he not travelled maybe he would have had time to wait on the appeal but the border control system has 0 chill.
Anyway hope you are getting sorted, French bureaucracy is legendary and not for good reasons! :)
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However as the man already has a record of paperwork it's potentially a clear violation of what was agreed and while labour inherited an underfunded and understaffed home office I think this isn't cool.
100% in agreement, hopefully the fact that it seems to be such an egregious error that it's a mistake rather than policy (not sure whether or not it's a good thing there's not loads more of these stories being broadcast?).
Anyway hope you are getting sorted, French bureaucracy is legendary and not for good reasons! :)
Ha, one day maybe. My visa ran out 31st of July, had an interesting 20 minutes with luxembourg border control when I had to fly back to the UK in August but I got back in. It's basically impossible to speak to someone about your application, everything happens by email and basically the only answer you get is 'that you'll have a decision when someone opens your file'.
We're lucky that we've got good savings and my wife has a job which means we can get by without me being able to work for a bit but we're clearly in the minority. I had to go to a lot of immigration integration sessions, which was basically me and 15 people from North Africa learning what it means to be French and most of them definitely wouldn't have the luxury of not working if they were suddenly illegal.
I'm also trying to sort my nationality application out, which is it's own kafkaesque merry go round.
Gewürzt
As someone who is on the end of France's immigration policy I wouldn't hold the EU as a better, faster, more sympathetic system for those outside of the EU.
I also have some sympathy with the current government with regards to changing the system. You can't just come in and say 'stop doing all the evil things those tory cunts made you do'. There are hundreds of thousands of applications each year, fixing the system so applications are processed in a new (more compassionate) way is going to take a lot of work and resource.
Thats not to say cases like this should happen and it's good that light is being shined on it but I think it's unfair to blame Labour for not fixing it. Let's not lose sight of the fact that the tories had a decade and a half to destroy almost every social service in the country. It's a long road back.