IMG Legal Action led by BAPIO (British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin)

International Medical Graduates in the UK who are either already in training programmes or those who have passed PLAB and are waiting for jobs are marching in protest of the new change in Immigration rules which requires a work permit for taking up or continuing in a training post. This affects all IMGs and is totally unfair since it comes into effect from July 2006

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Name: IMG Protest March
Location: United Kingdom

We are International Medical Graduates, who have passed PLAB, and are trying to get fair treatment. Many of us are already here in the UK and are in training posts, but are being treated unequally

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Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Let us unite!

Dear IMGs Let us all unite in what may be a last ditch effort to revoke or at least modify the knee jerk reaction of the DOH to change the Immigration rules from July 2006. This not only affects future applicants, but also those who are already in the UK at various levels of training. Please note that the link to this blog (web log) is BAPIO Peaceful March and anyone can post a message or express your views. This might need you to enter a word or number to post messages. Dr Satheesh Mathew, veteran of many successful battles is leading the protest march and under his able leadership, we should all rally around and show our grave concern at this unfair decision taken unilaterally without any consultation or warning. Please also see more information about the changes in immigration rules on the web site http://imgprotest.moonfruit.com Bade Bhaiya (C G Nanda Kumar)

Peaceful demonstration against the recent changes in Visa regulations which will affect the future of thousands of International Medical graduates.

By now it has become clear that we will have hundreds of doctors participating in this demonstration if not thousands.

Place: In front of the Offices of Department of Health in Central London.

Date: Friday the 21st April 2006 at 11.30 Hrs in front of Richmond House, Department of Health

(Richmond House is located at 79 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2NL). Nearest tube Westminster. I request all of you to be there by 11 am. Please do motivate your friends also to come for the demonstration. This will be a demonstration of doctors that Britain has never before seen. There will be a lot of PPUD's, and junior doctors who will come for the demonstration. I would not say that all consultants would come for our demonstration. But there are a lot of them who have promised to come for the demonstration. The bigger the crowd for the demonstration the bigger will be the pressure on Department of health to do something useful. Hoping to meet you all on the 21st, Long live BAPIO.

Dr. Satheesh Mathew

Consultant Paediatrician

Newham University Hospital

London E13 8SL

Ph: (W) 0207369274

(H) 02082520593

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