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Catch-22 UK style

This doesn't give me any faith in ID cards and petty officialdom.

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He was asked to provide documents proving his nationality but was unable to do so because his passport was at his flat in east London and he could not leave Haslar detention centre in Gosport, Hampshire. He was only freed after campaigners from Haslar visitors' group got access to his flat to recover his documents, and photocopies were shown to a judge at an appeal hearing against the deportation.

Having to rely on friends and campaigners doesn't fill me with hope.

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A Home Office spokesman said: "We acknowledge this has been a problem in the past. [But] an individual will be given ample opportunity to demonstrate their entitlement to remain."

Never mind your life is completely ****ed in the meantime.

Re: Catch-22 UK style

In the US we used to have the same problem with slaves. If they didn't carry their papers showing that they were free men, they were often sold back into slavery.

There are always minor glitches in any system.

Re: Catch-22 UK style

It's like in Schindler's List when Ben Kingsley doesn't have his papers on him so the Nazi's stick him on a train to a concentration camp and so Liam Neeson has to come and save the day and get him off the train.

That film is so over rated.