Immigration News weekly round up 02 October 2011
Immigration News weekly round up 02 October 2011 – http://www.immigrationmatters.co.uk/category/news
UK Border Agency ‘family migration’ consultation one week left to have your say
The 12 week UK government public consultation on reforms to family migration closes Thursday 6 October 2011.
Immigration Minister says ‘reforming family migration will promote better integration’
Immigration Minister Damian Green confirmed the importance of ‘tackling abuse of the family migration route’, and promoting better community integration for those who come to live permanently in the UK, the UK Border Agency reports. The Immigration Minister has outlined the proposals on a YouTube question and answer video.
You can email him on asktheminister@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk or tweet your questions @ukhomeoffice
UK Border Agency uncover immigration and benefit scam in London
A £1m benefit and immigration scam involving illegal immigrants has been exposed by a UK Border Agency-led operation in London’s East End.
Most new jobs go to foreign workers official figures reveal
Nine out of ten people who joined the workforce last year were foreign nationals, official figures revealed this week. British nationals accounted for only a tiny fraction of the rise in employment among working age people with most new workers being migrant workers from both EU and non EU countries.
UK Border Agency seize cash from sham marriage fixer
A convicted criminal from London has been ordered to forfeit £27,500 profit he made from a sham marriage operation, the UK Border Agency reports.
Eastern European human trafficking for sex trade – two men in court
A man accused of trafficking eastern European women into Northern Ireland to work in the sex trade, took up to 80% of their earnings, a court has heard.
Net migration figures increase as fewer Brits go abroad
The number of European migrants coming to Britain has increased considerably since the A2 countries, Bulgaria and Romania, joined the EU – despite restrictions on work.
Legal Adviser jailed for masterminding immigration scam
An immigration law advisor from Hayes was jailed last week for four-and-a-half years for masterminding a major immigration scam…but with so many legal ways to live, work or study in the UK it is surprising that people will pay thousands of pounds to crooks.
UK firms plan to recruit more EU migrants to fill job vacancies
In the health care sector employers are increasingly turning to EU workers from A8 countries and A2 Bulgaria and Romania to fill hundreds of vacancies.
