Home Office urged to scrap long, expensive and ‘racist’ visa route

Most applicants who feel forced to use 10-year immigration route are people of colour, data analysis shows

A long and expensive visa route for immigrants has been called racist after analysis showed most applicants who feel forced to go through it are people of colour.

The 10-year route" visa is used by hundreds of thousands of people who are not eligible for other immigration schemes because of a lack of income or professional qualifications. Many work in low-paid jobs, such as cleaning or care work. Other common routes to settlement in the UK take five years.