UK’s minimum income visa requirement faces high court challenge

Reunite Families UK applies for judicial review of policy it says discriminates against women and minorities

One of Rishi Sunak's measures for cutting net migration is being challenged in the high court on the grounds that it is separating children from their parents and discriminates against women and minorities.

The Home Office has raised the minimum income requirement (MIR) so that anyone applying for a visa to bring a loved one from overseas must earn 29,000 a year, which will increase to 38,700 next year.