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When it comes to immigration, it helps if you’re
white
Lola Okolosie
Bureaucracy. It’s a word laden with dark
memories. We’ve all been caught up in it. Each
will have a story of how once they were
enmeshed in a paper-chain farce requiring
merely a dash of common sense. But, as is typical
of such scenarios, it’s usually missing. It would all
be laughable if it weren’t threatening to engulf
you in rage, or worse.
By worse I mean the threat of being deported
from the country in which you have chosen to
make a life. This is where, until this week,
Gregg and Kathryn Brain, found themselves.
Having moved to Scotland in 2011 on Kathryn
Brain’s student visa, the family had hoped
to remain in the country by moving on to a
post-study visa, but the government scrapped
this scheme in 2012, potentially affecting tens of
thousands. Deportation was imminent.
An outpouring of support, not least from
Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, and 20
job offers saved the day. Mrs Brain is now
employed by Macdonald Hotels and Resorts
Group as a curator for their Aviemore visitors’
centre.
This is a feel-good immigration story. Lord
knows we need one. And yet it’s hard not to look
at this smiling family, relieved at what has been
salvaged by the goodwill of others, and think of
those we seem unwilling to welcome. No one
wishes misfortune on any family. In fact, I’d like
to think I share in this family’s happiness. They
have overcome a system that otherwise would
have treated them as merely numbers.[…]
Disponível em: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/23/immigration-helps-white-brain-family - adaptado. Acesso em: 23/09/16.
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