Yellow Card applications for Bulgarians and Romanians can take up to six months to process
Worker Registration and Yellow Card applications for Bulgarians and Romanians are taking up to six months to process, the UK Border Agency warns.
UK Border Force staff cut but more officers deployed at Heathrow
The BBC reports that leaked figures obtained by the Labour Party reveal that around 880 officers (10%) have been cut from the UK Border Force since 2010.
Immigration News Weekly Round up 29 April 2012
Immigration News Weekly Round up 29 April 2012
UK faces fine from EU over immigration and free movement restrictions on Eastern Europeans
Officials in Brussels are threatening Britain with legal action and a fine over claims that immigration restrictions on EU members break European law. Bulgarians and Romanians are the lowest in the pecking order of EU migrants and can only stay legally in the UK for more than three months under strict conditions.
Romanian EU migrants head for London jobs ahead of Olympics
Newspapers reporting a large influx of Eastern European migrants into London ahead of the Olympics, according to ‘officials’.
Elderly woman assaulted in care home by work permit holding Senior Carer
The Care Quality Commission is being criticised for failing to take sufficient action after undercover filming showed an 80-year-old woman being slapped by a migrant care worker.
EU Commissioner calls for end to UK work restrictions on Bulgarians and Romanians
EU Commissioner Lazslo Andor has called for a relaxation on work UK restrictions for Eastern Europeans. He wants Britain to act more than 18 months before the official deadline to drop the ban, restricting the access of Bulgarian and Romanian workers to the labour market of the UK…
UK could be one of the world’s biggest shale gas producers
UK offshore reserves of shale gas could exceed one thousand trillion cubic feet (tcf), compared to current rates of UK gas consumption of 3.5 tcf a year, or five times the latest estimate of onshore shale gas of 200 trillion cubic feet reports The Telegraph.
London ‘ideal location’ as Chinese renminbi trading centre says UK Chancellor
UK Chancellor George Osborne believes London is the ideal location for offshore trading in Chinese renminbi (RMB) and wants the capital to become the world’s top destination for the business.
UK unemployment falls by 35,000
UK unemployment has registered its first fall since last spring, according to official figures, and the UK’s largest grocer, TESCO, is creating 20,000 additional jobs.
