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Immigration Information     Immigration critic calls Canada “Super Visa” a shamThere has been much discussion about the Canadian Conservative government’s new “Super Visa” in the community recently, but unfortunately it has turned out to be an insult to families desperate for their parents to visit or migrate to Canada. Immigration to UK will fall sharply this year says ipprImmigration to Britain will fall sharply this year, a think-tank said this week – but will fall short of the Prime Minister’s target, the Daily Mail reports. A turbulent 2011 saw far reaching changes to UK Immigration Rules and a decline in the numbers of non-EU migrants and studentsAs we say goodbye to a stormy and turbulent 2011, the year will be remembered for far reaching changes to UK Immigration Rules which have already resulted in a decline in non-EU migration and student applications. Brazil leaps ahead of Britain as the world’s sixth-largest economy yet millions still want to migrate to UKBrazil has overtaken Britain as the world’s sixth-largest economy. Seven illegal workers arrested in London noodle bar as owner could be served up a £70,000 fineEmployers have little excuse for employing a non-EU migrant without the correct visa, but many are unaware that some EU member citizens, Bulgarians and Romanians, also need permission to work in the UK. UK Home Office to close off route to citizenshipUnder the latest plans by the Conservative led coalition, the Home Office plan to abolish a rule that gives foreign workers the right to live permanently in Britain after working here for five years. Officials will also restrict the right of their family members to join them. Hardly a week goes by without an announcement of yet another ‘crackdown on immigration’. More often than not, it’s the same re-hashed crackdown! The ‘route to citizenship’ closure has been banded about for the last couple of years. In reality it will be difficult and unfair to deny residency rights to people already living in the UK for a number of years, especially those with ties such as children born in the UK. European Commission order to let EU migrants claim benefits as soon as they enter the UK blastedA European Commission ruling that Britain is acting illegally and should allow all European citizens to claim benefits has been widely criticised. If the European Commission thinks Britain is acting illegally over benefits, it would be interesting to see what it has to say about the UK Border Agency’s decision to require Bulgarians and Romanians to take out Comprehensive Sickness Insurance cover when applying for yellow card registration as a working student. Are Bulgarian and Romanian migrants more likely to claim UK unemployment benefits?Owen Spottiswoode, writing for fullfacts.org, looks at the real facts behind a report in the The Daily Express, 29 September 2011, that Bulgarian and Romanian (A2) migrants were more likely to be claiming UK state benefits than A8 EU migrants and British Citizens Labour government got it right on EU immigration and Free Movement of Labour says Jonathan PortesFollowing this week’s admission by party leader Ed Miliband that the Labour Government’s ‘open-door’ immigration policy drove down wages and living standards in Britain, Jonathan Portes, Director of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, puts forward an alternative view. Labour admit EU immigration mistakesMigrants from the Bulgaria and Romania were, the report also said, more likely to have four or more children than those coming to Britain from elsewhere, placing a significant strain on the education system. Share                                                 |