Reform UK: No More Visas for Reparations Demands

0:00On April 7th, reform UK is pushing a bold policy. No more visas for folks from countries demanding reparations from Britain over the trans-Atlantic. Slave trade. Their home affair spokesperson, Zia Yusuf, called those demands straight up insulting and said the UK won't be treated like an ATM for old. Grievance is, he pointed out that over the last two decades, Britain issued 3.8 million visas to people from nations now pushing for payouts. Form UK already pledged to cut international aid to those countries, and now they're locking down immigration too. This comes after a brutal history, where seven European powers, including the UK, trafficked over 15 million Africans across the Atlantic for four. Centuries. Feeling Western wealth and industry. Last month, the UN labelled it the gravest crime against humanity and urged reparations to fix those wrongs. The resolution got backing from the African Union and Caribbean groups, proposed by Ghana's president, but the UK and EU abstained while the US voted.

1:00No, it's not legally binding anyway. Yusuf fired back that Britain led the world an outlawing slavery first, making huge sacrifices to enforce it. A 2023 report by a former top judge even pegged the UK's bill at $24 trillion across 14 countries, but reform UK says the banks closed for good. As these calls grow louder from places like Jamaica, Nigeria, and Ghana, expect this debate to heat up even more.