UK Border Agency deports illegal immigrant every 8 minutes

The UK Border Agency removes an “immigration offender” every eight minutes according to official statistics published this week.

The recently formed agency, part of the Home Office, has confirmed that in the first three months of this year 3,025 failed asylum seekers, including dependants, were removed from the UK.

A further 13,740 illegal immigrants, excluding [...]

Eastern European migration to UK falls confirms Home Office

The Home Office has confirmed that the number of Eastern Europeans applying to work in the UK has fallen to its lowest level since 2005, according to statistics published last week.

The findings are based on quarterly asylum, accession monitoring and Bulgarian and Romanian statistics published 20 May 2008.

The figures show that in January [...]

10000 Filipinos gain United Kingdom or British Citizenship in 2007

n a year which saw a record number of people being granted British citizenship in the United Kingdom, over ten thousand Filipino’s were given a British passport in 2007, according to official figures from the Office for National Statistics.

The Home Office said that 164,635 people became UK Citizens in 2007, up 7% in a [...]

Record number of people granted

The number of people granted British citizenship in the United Kingdom rose to a record high last year, according to official figures from the Office for National Statistics.

The Home Office said that 164,635 people became UK Citizens in 2007, up 7% in a year, the highest number ever recorded.

A quarter of the [...]

UK Border Agency Steps up Immigration Raids on Illegal Employers

The UK Border Agency is targeting employers in a bid to stamp out illegal working.
This week, the Cynon Valley Leader reports that a shop owner was fined £2,750 after becoming the first employer in South Wales to be convicted of employing illegal workers.
Satwant Singh Tatlah, who owns the Spar Store in Trecynon, Soth Wales, pleaded [...]

Gary Glitter Banned from the Philippines

The Daily Record reports that “paedophile Gary Glitter is running out of places to hide as he prepares to leave jail in Vietnam”.
British police have sent warnings about the former pop star turned pervert, who was jailed for molesting two girls aged 11 and 12, to other countries in south-east Asia.
This week officials in the [...]

Revised FLR (IED) Form Published by UK Border Agency

A new version of the FLR (IED) application form (Further Leave to Remain application), version 04/2008 was published 13 May 2008 by the UK Border Agency, part of the Home Office.

See: http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/newsarticles/flried042008
Applications submitted on earlier versions of the form will be rejected.

Companies Fined for employing illegal immigrations in UK Border Agency Crackdown

A number of companies have been hit with fines totalling more than £500,000 for employing illegal immigrants from India, Pakistan and other non-European Union countries.

The fines were imposed after tougher rules came into effect from February and the number of UK Border Agency enforcement operations rose by 40%.

Employers face a fine of up [...]

UK Border Agency Points Based System Bad News for Lower Paid Skilled Migrants

Lower paid overseas workers such as Senior Carers and most Nurses have no chance of qualifying to work in the UK under new rules announced by the UK Border Agency this week.

In a statement of intent, the Home Office has published proposals for “much tighter skilled and temporary worker tiers of its new Points [...]

Canada Immigration Opportunities

Canada is one of the most desirable destinations for visitors and immigrants from around the world. It is a country of vast geography, multi-cultural population, abundant natural resources in a clean environment and accessible and generous publicly funded health and social services.

The allure of Canada has recently become even stronger, as countries such as [...]