Visas fall by a third after crackdown on immigrants bringing families
Number of dependants moving to UK fell from almost 180,000 to just under 115,000 in the first six months of this year
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Number of dependants moving to UK fell from almost 180,000 to just under 115,000 in the first six months of this year
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