英国将对亚非“高风险”国家游客收取3000英镑入境押金
<p>从今年11月起，英国将试行对来自印度、巴基斯坦、孟加拉国以及尼日利亚的游客收取3000英镑（约合人民币28327元）的入境押金，等他们行程结束离开英国时，押金将被如数退还。英国内政大臣特丽莎•梅表示，此举意在让移民体系更加有选择性，同时阻止人们在签证过期后滞留英国。不过，因为该政策只针对几个“高风险”国家的游客，可能会被指有歧视性；另外，也有人担心印度等国会针对英国游客推出类似的政策作为回应。英国副首相尼克•克雷格对该政策表示支持，他曾在今年3月提出收取入境押金，不过当时他建议的金额为1000英镑。</p><p><span word="Tens">Tens</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="visitors">visitors</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="India">India</span>, <span word="Pakistan">Pakistan</span>, <span word="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Nigeria">Nigeria</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pay">pay</span> <span word="a">a</span> £3,000 <span word="bond">bond</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="allowed">allowed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="enter">enter</span> <span word="Britain">Britain</span>.</p><p><span word="They">They</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="leave">leave</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bid">bid</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="abuse">abuse</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="visa">visa</span> <span word="system">system</span>.</p><p><span word="Home">Home</span> <span word="Secretary">Secretary</span> <span word="Theresa">Theresa</span> <span word="May">May</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="intention">intention</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="immigration">immigration</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="more">more</span> ‘<span word="selective">selective</span>’ <span word="and">and</span> <span word="deter">deter</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="from">from</span> ‘<span word="overstaying">overstaying</span>’ <span word="once">once</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="visitor">visitor</span> <span word="visa">visa</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="expired">expired</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="long">long</span>-<span word="term">term</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="hopes">hopes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="extend">extend</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Australian">Australian</span>-<span word="style">style</span> <span word="bond">bond</span> <span word="scheme">scheme</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="include">include</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="students">students</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="welcomed">welcomed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="backbench">backbench</span> <span word="Tory">Tory</span> <span word="MPs">MPs</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="urging">urging</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tougher">tougher</span> <span word="line">line</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="immigration">immigration</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="combat">combat</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="threat">threat</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="UKIP">UKIP</span>.</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="likely">likely</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="face">face</span> <span word="legal">legal</span> <span word="challenges">challenges</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="grounds">grounds</span> <span word="that">that</span> – <span word="because">because</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="targets">targets</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="so">so</span>-<span word="called">called</span> ‘<span word="high">high</span> <span word="risk">risk</span>’ <span word="countries">countries</span> – <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="discriminatory">discriminatory</span>.</p>
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