I hope with the travel restrictions there's an understanding of how our African parents feel when their grandchildren are born abroad and they have no idea of when they will ever get to meet them given that they're at the mercy of a visa being granted.

#whatsappgrandparents

It fell on deaf ears when I tried to explain how arbitrary decisions to reject visa applications of non-EU parents affects families. I was only able to return to see my family after 10yrs of arriving in Ireland. The networks are bad that sometimes you spend weeks with no contact

During peak travel time it costs nearly €6k for flights only, you can't take children out of school. Add your living expenses and I don't know how much they think 'settled foreigners' earn. Then after that period, some employers deny you to take your full holiday entitlement

It's 24hrs each way, by the time you arrive you're ready to return. So,no we don't want to go to Spain because we're saving to see our families. Just have systems that don't punish families migrating.Our parents prefer their lives on the African continent, they won't overstay...