African country’s VIP visa privileges scrapped by UK in illegal migrant row

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood followed up on a threat made last month (Picture: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

A special visa that allows hassle-free entry to the UK will no longer be available to anyone from the Democratic Republic of the Congo amid a row over illegal migration.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced the move after failing to reach a deal with Africa’s fourth most populous country to sort out its returns process.

It means VIPs and...