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From: "Roy Davies" <roydavies(a)gmail.com>
To: <powys(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 4:48 PM
Subject: [POWYS] OT Welsh links with Patagonia and other countries
Many people on this list, whether they know it or not, will have
relations
living abroad. Therefore I think it will be of interest that last week
Evelyn Calcabrini, a 20 year old woman from Patagonia who was on her way
to
Wales to learn Welsh was refused entry by UK Border Agency officials who
arrogantly refused to believe her story even though 30 seconds on Google
would have proved to them that there are strong historic ties between
Wales
and Patagonia.
Anyone of Welsh descent from any country could have been refused entry by
those bureaucratic idiots and therefore I thought other list members may
be
interested in an online petition at the No 10 website.
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/patagonia/
The petition states:
"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to make it absolutely
clear
to all the staff of the UK Border Agency that
the United Kingdom consists of four nations and that the staff of the
Agency
should not damage Welsh links with Patagonia by
refusing entry to people from Patagonia wishing to visit the Land of their
Fathers."
I actually tried to create the petition about a week ago but the
bureaucrats
who vet e-petitions have only just approved it. I hope that any British
citizens or residents who approve of the aims will go to the website and
add
their names.
Roy Davies
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