The hon. Lady is making some powerful points about the human cost of the way our immigration system works. Has she, too, experienced cases like those in Feltham and Heston of people who have been given leave to be here and to work but have struggled for months at places where they have been given jobs because they are waiting for documentation? Their lives, and those of their families, are on hold and they then fall into poverty.
Immigration Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Seema Malhotra
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 22 October 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Immigration Bill.
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