Next month, Graham and Paula Cousins will celebrate their third wedding anniversary. For some people that might mean a nice meal at a favourite restaurant or perhaps an evening at the theatre. But for the Cousins the occasion will be spent like every other night: thousands of miles apart, talking over Skype. They are one of many couples who are separated by the government's minimum income threshold for Brits who want to bring a foreign spouse to the UK. The rule means only those who earn over £18,600 are able to bring a husband or wife from abroad. An estimated 33,000 people have been affected by it since it was introduced.
I won't let the government stop me from being with my wife
MIPEX Team
MIPEX 2015 team is formed by the members of CIDOB and MPG, the leading organization of the “Integration policies: Who benefits? The development and use of indicators in integration debates” project.
