‘Inhumane’ Home Office denying visas to children of migrant health workers

Observer investigation reveals children as young as two are being barred from joining their mothers in Britain

The Home Office is systematically barring young children from joining their mothers in Britain despite extensive proof the women are their primary caregivers, an Observer investigation has revealed.

Under an opaque policy condemned as distressing" and inhumane", the government has refused dozens of visas for children of migrant single mothers, many of whom came to work in the NHS or social care, saying there are no compelling reasons" to grant them.