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Immigration Information     MOVE Expo 2010 – Mall of Asia ManilaThe Migration, Overseas Opportunities, Visas & Employment Expo, or MOVE for short, is a trade fair featuring more than 80 companies all involved in offering services or products to Filipinos going abroad. The first MOVE Expo held in July 2009, attracted about 8,000 (verifiable) visitors on the two days it was held, despite heavy rains and an incoming typhoon. Philippine Government considering bond sale to OFWsThe Philippine government yesterday said it was considering the sale of retail bonds to overseas Filipino workers (OFW’s), which a fund manager involved in the deal said could raise as much as P35 billion ($768 million) in Euros and dollars. Philippine Government warns of new recruitment scam6 ways to spot a fake job offer – The Philippine Daily Inquirer reports that the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila has warned Filipinos seeking jobs abroad about a new recruitment scam which the Philippine Embassy in Germany uncovered. Rotary ShelterBox response to Typhoon MorakotRotary ShelterBox Response Team meets Philippines’ President UK Border Asylum staff ‘are intimidating’ says reportIllegal immigrants and foreign prisoners are failing to be removed from the UK because escort staff are “intimidating” them, reports the BBC. Lorry drivers feel the heat in illegal immigration crackdownLorry drivers at the Warwick Services on the M40 were greeted by UK Border Agency Immigration Officers cracking down on “illegal migrants who try to sneak into the United Kingdom”. Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act gives new powers to Border OfficersThe Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act, which received the Royal Assent on 21 July 2009, gives thousands of customs and immigration officers wide ranging new powers, the UK Border Agency has announced. House of Commons Home Affairs Committee report on ‘Bogus Colleges’ slams GovernmentThe House of Commons Home Affairs Committee has published it’s report on ‘Bogus Colleges’ heavily criticising the Government for doing enough to control rogue educational institutions. MPs on the committee claim that tens of thousands of foreign nationals “may” have been brought into the UK illegally by fake colleges. Royal Assent for the Borders Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009The Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 received the Royal Assent on 22 July 2009. Immigration News Weekly Round-up 19 July 2009Immigration Matters News Weekly Round-up 19 July 2009: Share                                                 |