Government to increase passenger screening to protect border
The UK government’s latest weapon in the fight against terrorists, known criminals and would-be illegal migrants was opened today by the Home Secretary Alan Johnson.
Weekly Immigration News Round up 14 March 2010
Weekly Immigration News Round up 14 March 2010
UK Border Agency ‘correction’ on Tier 4 student visa applications
The UK Border Agency has issued the following correction to sponsors in relation to Tier 4 applications…
UK Border Agency cleared of systemic abuse by escorts removing individuals from the UK
The UK Border Agency has published an independent report by Baroness Nuala O’Loan into allegations, made in 2007, that UK Border Agency escorts abused individuals being removed from the UK.
Mexican tops Forbes rich list and China has 89 billionaires
The world is changing as wealth shifts from the west. A mexican tops the Forbes Rich list, China has more billionaires than any other country apart from the US and Pakistan added its first official billionaire.
David Cameron’s immigration shift in election battle
With a UK general election less than two months away immigration is becoming a hot topic and is rated in the top five of voter concerns.
Strike could cause delays at UK borders
The UK Border Agency has advised that travellers could face potential disruption at UK ports following strike action by the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) on Monday 8 March and Tuesday 9 March.
Brazilian gang jailed for running passport factory in Bayswater
The UK Border agency has announced that three Brazilian nationals were sentenced to a total of five years in jail on Thursday 4 March, for producing hundreds of counterfeit identity documents from flats in London’s Bayswater.
Weekly Immigration News Round up 7 March 2010
Weekly Immigration News Round up 7 March 2010
UKBA announce new immigration fees from 6 April 2010
The UK Border Agency announce revised immigration fees.
