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Thu 08 Aug 2010New working restrictions repealed after legal defeat
THE GOVERNMENT has repealed recently introduced restrictions preventing the family members of EU citizens from working while their residency applications are being considered after losing two test cases.
The rules had been introduced in June due to Government concerns over rising unemployment and its ongoing campaign to target so-called “sham marriages” between EU citizens and people from states outside the union.
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