'Forced to live apart from my family'

Thousands of British citizens are being unfairly separated from their foreign born spouses and children because immigration rules are too restrictive accoding to some MP's. Rules introduced in 2012 prevent any Briton earning less than £18,600 per year from bringing in a partner from outside the European Economic Area. A group of MPs says that thousands of British citizens are being unfairly separated from their foreign born spouses and children because immigration rules are too restrictive. Rules introduced in 2012 prevent any Briton earning less than £18,600 per year from bringing in a partner from outside the European Economic Area. Douglas Shillinglaw is one of them.