London: British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that the 3,000-pound visa bond scheme was never targeted at India, a day after his government scrapped the controversial scheme that was aimed at restricting visitors from some Asian and African countries.
"It was never targeted at India," Cameron said ahead of his third visit in two years to India on November 14.
"It was an idea suggested within government but we decided not to go ahead with the idea.We want people from India to visit Britain," he told media.
India had conveyed its serious concern about the scheme to the British government both at the ministerial and official levels.
The aim of the scheme was to reduce the number of people from some "high risk" countries - including India, Pakistan, and Nigeria - staying in the UK once their short-term visa had expired.
