Home Office admits people were wrongly refused UK status after refusing to provide DNA evidence

The Home Office has admitted that people have been wrongly refused UK status after refusing to provide DNA evidence in breach of its own policy.

• May Bulman
• Independent

Home Secretary Sajid Javid said the government had illegally demanded DNA evidence in family visa cases, with at least seven people denied right to stay in Britain because they refused to provide…

He apologised to those affected and announced that a new taskforce had been set up for anyone who believed they had been affected….

“At the end of June we became aware of some immigration cases where the provision of DNA evidence had been made a…

• Home Office admits…