14 Year Long Stay Immigration Concession to be closed
Ministers plan to shut down what many see as an immigration loophole which grants illegal immigrants a permanent stay in the UK after 14 years whether they entered the UK legally or not…
Immigration News Weekly Round up 12 June 2011
Immigration News Weekly Round up 12 June 2011
Government plans to break link between temporary and permanent migration and scrap Domestic Worker concession
UK Immigration Minister Damian Green has outlined sweeping reforms and stricter visa criteria for applicants who want to stay or settle in the UK. Plans include closing or reforming routes for overseas domestic workers who are currently protected from exploitation by the ‘Domestic Workers Concession’.
Settlement rights to be removed for skilled workers
Business leaders are warning the Home Secretary of the risks to economic recovery by removing the rights skilled migrants on work permits to settle in the UK.
Marriage visa rules clampdown urged for UK migrant spouses
Expressing alarm over statistics which claims that one in three foreign spouses are either of Indian or Pakistani origin, Migration Watch UK has called for the introduction of stricter rules for those who want to marry a foreign partner to ensure confidence in the immigration system.
Immigration News Weekly Round up 05 June 2011
Immigration News Weekly Round up 05 June 2011
Government accused of creating an ‘amnesty’ for asylum seekers, but 14 year long stay rule already exists
The 14 year ‘long stay’ rule, which allows illegal overstayers to apply for indefinite leave to remain after 14 years in the UK was also inherited by the coalition government.
London still booming
Migrants and students have a better chance of finding work around London, which is teaming with hotels, shops, bars and restaurants, and more tourist attractions than almost anywhere on earth. London is also a magnet for an estimated half a million overstayers and illegal immigrants, which is why Mayor Boris Johnson favours an amnesty for illegal immigrants against his own party line. See London Mayor Boris Johnson favours amnesty for illegal immigrants
London Mayor Boris Johnson looking at amnesty for illegal immigrants
The Mayor of London is to commission a study to examine the viability of an amnesty for illegal immigrants in the capital.
Boris Johnson said that deporting thousands of people working illegally in the UK was “just not going to happen”.
He told Channel 4 News that allowing long-term illegal immigrants to earn the right [...]
