Gurkhas protest over right to settle in the UK
A judicial review is to be heard at the High Court today over a decision in 2004 that Gurkhas who retired before July 1997 were not entitled to British settlement rights as their base, now in Kent, was in Hong Kong at the time. The Government also said that some Gurkhas “lack strong ties with the country”. Other foreign soldiers in the Army have a right to settle in Britain after four years’ service anywhere in the world.
