Weekly UK Immigration News Round up 09 January 2011
Weekly UK Immigration News Round up 09 January 2011
UK Border Agency to continue crackdown on illegal working
Two major sources of confusion for employers are overseas students and Romanian and Bulgarian EU citizens.Employers are often unaware that Bulgarians and Romanians do not have the same rights to work in the UK as other Eastern European EU members, although they can set up a business or work and study under a Yellow Card issued by the UK Border Agency.
London Mayor’s new attack on UK Immigration Cap
Despite the crackdowns and rule changes, everybody knows that the vast majority of immigration comes from within the EU. The UK has little control of millions of Eastern Europeans wishing to work in the UK, as well as migrants exercising EEA rights of settlement. In reality the only way the Government can reduce net migration below their target ‘tens of thousands’ is to tear up treaties and effectively pull out of the European Union.
UK immigration fall unlikely in 2011 say leading think tank
The Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr), a leading think tank, predicts that there will not be a dramatic drop in immigration to the UK in 2010, and net migration for 2011 would be unlikely to fall much below 200,000 – the same annual level it has been at for much of the last decade.
UK Border Agency taking tough line on illegal working but employers are still confused
Despite the threat of £10,000 fines and a widely publicised information campaign, many employers are slipping up because there is still a lot of confusion surrounding the whole area of employing foreign nationals and even EU workers.
Illegal workers arrested in Berkshire restaurants
The UK Border Agency has posted further reports of Illegal workers discovered in two Berkshire restaurants after night time raids by immigration officers.
UK Border Agency change employer guidance on preventing illegal working
The UK Border Agency has published updated summary guidance to help employers understand the law on illegal working and what the steps they must take to comply.
Weekly UK Immigration News Round up 5 December 2010
Weekly UK Immigration News Round up 5 December 2010 by www.immigrationmatters.co.uk
Ex-Immigration Minister Phil Woolas gives up legal fight
Former Labour MP and Shadow Immigration Minister Phil Woolas has thrown in the towel in his battle to overturn a court ruling which stripped him of his Commons seat.
European Union propose more control over UK law system, report says
EEA nationals for the most part enjoy far more favourable conditions for partners, children and other relatives which in many cases would not be allowed in to Britain under UK immigration law. But the article fails to mention that migrants are already exercising rights to stay (or bring in extended family) in the UK under EEA law.
