UK MP wants visa decisions in Dhaka

British MP Keith Vaz has decried his government’s decision to move visa-issuing powers from the UK High Commissions in Dhaka and Mumbai to New Delhi as being insulting to the people of Bangladesh. He has demanded that the ‘short-sighted decision’ be revoked and endorsed campaigns and e-petitions against the move. ‘For the 300,000 people of Bangladeshi origin in the UK, this is an outrage,’ the senior Labour parliamentarian said in London on Wednesday night. He made the case for a review before Home Secretary Theresa May during a Home Affairs Select Committee session on Monday. ‘I have no doubt that the downsizing of the Dhaka visa service will severely inconvenience the tens of thousands of people who apply there every year,’ he said. Vaz also tabled an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons to air his concerns and urged the government to review the decisions. He asked the British-Bangladeshi people to contact their MP and urge them to sign it, according to bdnews24.com.