Weekly Immigration News Round up 25 July 2010
Weekly Immigration News Round up 25 July 2010
Home Secretary dumps e-borders contract supplier
Raytheon has been dramatically sacked from its lead role overseeing a £750m project to provide the secure border control system for the UK after the British government said it had “no confidence” in the US defence and security company.
UK Border Agency issues new guidance following Pankina judgments
The UK Border Agency has issued new policy guidance following the judgments in the cases of Secretary of State for the Home Department v Pankina [2010] EWCA Civ 719.
IELTS accepted for Canadian migration
New Canadian migration rules make IELTS even more valuable for people who want to live and work in Canada…
Migrant labour levels fall as financial crisis shrinks job market
An OECD report suggests migrants face stricter controls, lack of opportunities and a reduction in job security, the Guardian reports.
Three quarters of UK employers ‘require higher level qualification’
Intense competition for graduate jobs means that more than three quarters of employers require at least a 2:1 degree grade, a survey suggests.
Five million UK adults ‘act as carers’
At least 20% of the five million people in England who act as a carer for an elderly, disabled or sick person put in more than 50 hours a week, the NHS says.
Asylum seeker wants to stay so he can win the ‘X Factor’
UK asylum seeker is begging immigration officials not to throw him out of Britain – so he can win X Factor.
Emigrating to Canada growing as the appeal widens
Canada is in a unique position within the main countries to which people choose to emigrate, as they possess the world’s most positive attitude to immigration.
Filipinos happily pursue dreams in London
Juanita Trinidad of the Manila Bulletin reports on Filipino’s living and working in the UK.
