🇨🇳《通往更公平永居的道路？》
— 我们必须团结发声，拒绝让历史倒退
今天的心情，让我想起 2020 年 3 月 16 日，金毛狮王约翰逊宣布伦敦封城，造成全体性恐慌的时候一样。
几乎一夜之间，英国华人社区的人们，和远在中国的亲人们，瞬间陷入了深度的、焦虑的状态。
还是用我老爸说过的那句话，就像我在 2020 年写下的第一篇抗击疫情日记一样：（点击阅读）
作为生存在海外的华人，牢记的第一信条——
“没事不找事，有事不怕事！”
这是面对这次政策危机最有效的方法。
先说事实：
英国政府正计划推出一项名为《通往更公平永居的道路》的新政策。
然而，这个口号听起来“公平”，内容却极其不公平。
政府打算将原本在英国工作签证居住 5 年即可申请永居（绿卡）的制度，
直接改为 10 年——
而且极有可能适用于现在已经在英、已经按 5 年路径规划人生的人群。
同时，那些在英国辛苦学习、工作满 10 年就能申请绿卡的同胞们，
同样面临着政策一刀切、被迫改变计划的重大危机。
还有那些已经根据欧盟人权法获得英国人权签证的同胞们，
将面临更严酷的新政策：
从 5 年，直接延长到 20 年！
这个新政策意味着：
数以十万计来自中国、印度及其他国家的家庭，被迫延长人生规划 5 年甚至 15 年；
很多人因为英国原本承诺“5 年全家可申请永居”而卖房、停业、辞职、迁徙，如今被一句政策推回原点。
政府准备以“一刀切”的方式，用新制度追溯性伤害旧制度下进入英国的人。
这不仅违背公平，也可能违反英国长期坚持的法律原则。
作为一名长期研究英国移民法的律师，我必须明确指出：
英国宪法惯例与司法判例长期强调：
不利于申请人的新政策不得追溯适用。
政府不得随意推翻申请人基于既定政策做出的合理预期。
为什么我们必须发声？
因为沉默，会让政策悄然落地。
因为移民群体的权益，从来不是政府主动保护的对象。
因为如果我们不说，没有人会替我们说。
过去一年，媒体与部分政治人物不断渲染“移民过多”的叙事，忽略了事实：
NHS 的医生护士、
大学的科研人员、
税收贡献稳定的技术工作者、
创造就业的小企业主、
支撑英国科技、金融、贸易的普通移民——
我们不是数字，也不是选票工具；
我们是支撑这个国家正常运转的力量。
我们要求的不多：
只是延续原有规则。
我们并不反对政府为未来申请人设计新制度；
我们反对的是：
把新规则强行套在已经按旧制度规划人生的人身上。
这违背了英国自身的法治传统。
我将发起组织：如果政策“一刀切”，我们将毫不犹豫地启动司法复核（Judicial Review）。
为了让抗争有组织、有力量、能持续推进，
我将正式牵头成立一个跨社区的法律行动组织：
移民公平法律行动组
Migrant Fairness Legal Action Group
这是我们共同的名字，也是我们的盾牌。
若政府坚持追溯适用，我将以此组织为主体：
✔ 发出正式抗议信（Pre-action Protocol Letter）
✔ 组织证据收集
✔ 委托大律师团队撰写法律意见书
✔ 必要时提起司法复核（Judicial Review）
我们不是对抗英国，
我们是在捍卫英国一直引以为傲的法律精神、
法治原则和制度的稳定性。
我呼吁所有在英华人、印度裔及其他移民群体——团结起来。
无论你是：
走 5 年路径的，
新来的留学生，
还是已经拿到永居或入籍的朋友——
都应该关心这件事。
今天能把 5 年改成 10 年，
明天就能变成 15 年，
后天甚至能把家属排除在永居路径之外。
这不只是政策问题，这是原则问题。
我下一步怎么做？
联合向政府递交反馈
联系议员与政策委员会
举办公开会议
为司法复核准备证据材料
希望大家都能站出来。
我们来到英国，是因为相信这里的规则、稳定、公平与法治。
今天我们站出来，就是为了捍卫这些原则。
移民公平法律行动组 Migrant Fairness Legal Action Group
不是愤怒的符号，而是一个坚定、理性、合法、持续的力量。
我们不会激进，但我们会坚持；
我们不会退缩，但我们会守法；
我们不会被忽视，因为我们团结、专业、有力量。
“我不入地狱，谁入地狱？”
今天，我们愿意站出来承担这个责任！
🇬🇧 “A Path to Fairer Settlement?”
— We Must Stand Together and Speak Out to Prevent History from Moving Backwards
The emotions I feel today take me back to March 16, 2020, when Boris Johnson announced the lockdown of London, triggering widespread panic.
Overnight, the Chinese community in the UK — and our families back in China — fell into deep anxiety and uncertainty.
I recall something my father often said — words I wrote in my first pandemic diary in 2020:
As Chinese people living overseas, our first rule is:
“Don’t create trouble — but never fear trouble when it comes.”
This remains the most effective attitude in facing the current policy crisis.
Let’s start with the facts:
The UK Government is proposing a new policy titled “The Path to Fairer Settlement.”
Yet behind this “fairness” slogan lies deep unfairness.
The proposal would extend the current 5-year settlement route for work visa holders
to 10 years —
and it may apply retroactively to those already in the UK who planned their lives around the existing 5-year rule.
At the same time, those who have worked and studied in the UK for 10 years — and expected to apply for settlement — now also face a sudden, sweeping change that may derail years of planning.
Even those on human rights routes previously protected under EU law may now face an even harsher rule:
an increase from 5 years to 20 years before qualifying for settlement.
This new policy means:
Hundreds of thousands of families from China, India, and elsewhere may be forced to extend their life plans by 5 to 15 years.
Many moved homes, closed businesses, resigned jobs, or uprooted families based on the UK’s promise of a “5-year route to settlement” — only to be pushed back to square one.
The government plans to apply new rules retroactively to those who entered under old rules.
This is not only unfair — it may breach long-standing UK legal principles.
As a lawyer who has studied UK immigration law for many years, I must make this clear:
UK constitutional practice and case law consistently hold that:
Adverse immigration rules must not be applied retroactively.
Governments cannot undermine the legitimate expectations created by existing policies.
Why must we speak up?
Because silence allows policies to pass quietly.
Because migrant rights are never protected unless we defend them.
Because if we don’t speak, no one will speak for us.
For the past year, some media and politicians have pushed the narrative of “too many migrants,” ignoring the truth:
NHS doctors and nurses,
university researchers,
skilled workers paying taxes,
small business owners creating jobs,
and ordinary migrants supporting the UK’s tech, finance and trade —
We are not numbers, not political tools.
We are the people who keep this country running.
Our demand is simple:
Honor the existing rules.
We do not oppose new policies for future applicants.
We oppose retroactively forcing new rules onto those who built their lives under the old system.
This contradicts the UK’s own legal traditions.
I will take the lead:
If the government enforces a blanket policy, we will initiate a Judicial Review without hesitation.
To ensure our actions are structured, strong, and sustained,
I will officially establish a cross-community legal coalition:
Migrant Fairness Legal Action Group
移民公平法律行动组
This will be our shared name — and our collective shield.
If the government insists on retroactivity, the group will:
✔ Issue a formal Pre-Action Protocol Letter
✔ Coordinate evidence collection
✔ Instruct barristers to draft legal opinions
✔ Launch a Judicial Review when required
We are not opposing the UK —
We are defending the very principles the UK prides itself on:
the rule of law, fairness, and institutional stability.
I call on Chinese, Indian and other migrant communities in the UK — let us unite.
Whether you are:
on the 5-year route,
a newcomer planning your future,
or already a settled or naturalised citizen —
this concerns all of us.
If the government can change 5 years to 10 today,
it can make it 15 tomorrow,
or exclude dependants from settlement routes altogether.
This is not just a policy matter — it is a matter of principle.
What will we do next?
Submit collective feedback to the government
Engage MPs and policy committees
Host public forums
Prepare evidence for judicial review
We came to the UK because we believed in its rules, stability, fairness and rule of law.
Today, we speak out to defend those very principles.
The Migrant Fairness Legal Action Group
is not a symbol of anger, but a firm, rational, lawful, and enduring force.
We will not be radical, but we will be resolute.
We will not retreat, but we will stay lawful.
We will not be ignored — because we are united, professional and strong.
“If I descend not into hell, who then shall endure its depths?”
Today, I choose to step forward and take that responsibility.
