Call to relax immigration rules

A four-member delegation of Bangladesh Caterers Association (BCA)-UK yesterday met British High Commissioner Stephen Nicholas Evans at his office in the city, says a press release.
The objective of the team was to negotiate with the British envoy for resolving staff crisis in the British curry industry for stricter immigration rules.
BCA-UK President Bazlur Rashid, one of the directors of British-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce (BBCC), led the delegates. Other members include BBCC Regional President MA Rouf (Justice of Peace), BCA-UK Bangladesh Chapter Coordinator MA Mubin Khan and BCA member Kamal Yakub.
The delegates drew Stephen's attention to the prevailing staff crisis the UK curry industry is undergoing and asked him to help taking measures to facilitate the visa granting process for skilled Bangladeshi chefs and restaurants staff applying for it.
They also asked him to play a positive role in support of their demand for the reactivation of 'Tier-3 of the Points Based System' incorporated with the British Immigration Law which provides for short period stay of Bangladeshi workers in the UK.
BCA, established in 1960, is the umbrella organisation of approximately 12,000 British-Bangladeshi restaurateurs in the UK. It represents the catering industry run by the Bangladeshis.
BCA employs more than 90,000 people, mostly Bangladeshi origins with an estimated yearly turnover of £3.5 billion. Yet around 30,000 people are required to resolve the staff crisis.