Africans More Than Twice As Likely to Be Denied UK Visa - Report

Africans are more than twice likely to be refused UK visitor visas than applicants from others part of the world, according to a parliamentary report.

After six months of evidence gathering, the report published on Tuesday by a parliamentary group found the UK visit visa system is inaccessible to many Africans and widely perceived as biased against Africans.

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