Action taken in all cases" - India rejects UK Home Minister's claim on 'stay over visa limit'

India has denied UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman's claim that the Migration and Mobility Partnership (MMP) "did not work very well". ". India has said that action was taken on all the matters raised by Britain under the agreement. After Suella Braverman's interview given to The Spectator, PTI had asked the question to the Indian High Commission in Britain. In this interview, Indians were said to be the largest group to stay in the UK even after the expiry of the visa limit. To this, the Indian High Commission said that India is waiting to "see progress" on some of the promises made by Britain on the MMP agreement signed last year. The High Commission said on Thursday that as part of the larger discussion on Migration and Mobility, the Indian government is ready to assist the UK in the return of all Indians who have stayed over the visa limit.

According to the data shared with the UK Home Ministry till date, action has been taken on all the matters that have come to the High Commission. Apart from this, Britain had also made some promises under the MMP agreement, on which we are waiting for visible progress.

Referring to Braverman's controversial statement on "visa terms" on the proposed India-UK Free Trade Agreement, the High Commission said any future settlement would be in mutual interest.

Suella Braverman is an Indian-origin minister who took charge of the Home Ministry only last month. He said he was concerned about the free trade agreement with India because he feared it would lead to an "open-border" migration policy.