If you are young, single and “of marriageable age”, don’t try to visit Britain because you won’t be allowed in.

That at least is the illegal policy which has been operated by British immigration staff based in India and Jamaica according to the independent watchdog whose job it is to monitor the work of UK Visas.

The immigration lawyer Fiona Lindsley, who uncovered the practice, has told ministers that it is no more than an illegal attempt to limit the opportunities for Indians and Jamaicans to meet British citizens as it might lead to marriage. She says it should be stopped immediately.

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