IRR: Acclaimed photographer barred
The Institute of Race Relations has published a story by Frances Webber on the UK’s refusal to allow Yusuf Sayman to attend the ISCI Launch. The article notes:
[J]ust days before the launch, the visa was refused. Initially, no reasons were given. When he demanded to know the reasons, he was told that he should have obtained a work permit, and that he had not shown he had enough resources to support himself during his visit. Neither he nor his sponsors had been advised that he needed a work permit to undertake the very small one-off piece of work proposed by the Howard League, and the disproportionate amount of time and effort involved in such an application would make it completely unfeasible. As for the second reason, this was apparently based on a misunderstanding, since ISCI was providing accommodation for him.
The full article can be read on the IRR website.
