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TheA THREE-MEMBER panel of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal has promulgated a case called RN (Zimbabwe). RN has been designated the latest Zimbabwean Country Guidance case...Landmark AIT Ruling for Zim Asylum Seekers
Number of non-European immigrants coming to Britain has almost doubled between 2006 and 2007, at the same time as the number of incomers from eastern European Union countries declined...Non-European immigrants coming to Britain double in a year
Getting a work permit in the foreign countries is more of a problem that I bet you must have faced while applying for the same. Though, most of the requirements, rules and regulations required for getting a work permit depend by large on the country's government policies...Helpful tips to get work permit easily
The UK Government has announced that the age at which a visa applicant can apply for entry clearance on a marriage visa is to increase from 18 to 21 from the end of this month.In the UK Border Agency statement it was revealed that as from 27 November both parties in a marriage will have to be 21 before a marriage visa can be issued
The UK Border Agency has published statistics showing that the number of Eastern European immigrants coming to the United Kingdom continues to decrease...UK: EU migration slows, good news for non-EU migrants
The government is planning on preventing failed asylum seekers from appealing to the high court against deportation. The proposals, contained in a Home Office consultation paper, were instantly condemned by refugee rights groups and legal groups....Failed asylum seekers denied appeals
Bishops cautioned their vicars to be on the look out for migrants who are applying to marry in church to get an "immigration advantage."The bishops issued their warning after noticing a large increase in the number of non-EU foreign nationals getting married in church, with some dioceses reporting a 400 per cent rise. The increase coincides with a crackdown by the Home Office on civil weddings involving non-EU foreign nationals, who now have to obtain a certificate of approval before being allowed to go ahead...Church marriages among UK immigrants for citizenship
Asylum applications were at a record low in the second quarter of the year, with just 5,720 made during the period.Asylum applications hit new low This was a drop from 6,595 in the first three months of 2008, prompting Liam Byrne, immigration minister, to claim "Britain's borders are stronger than ever"...
The Home Office’s Border Agency (UKBA) is launching a TV ad campaign alerting employers to immigration changes...Migrant work fees to be charged to UK firms
A month ago, a BBC News investigation team uncovered a criminal network in West London, involved in smuggling poor, male farmers from Punjab in India into the UK. These illegal immigrants, known as faujis were given fake documents, poorly paid manual work and stationed in squalid housing. Yes, it was totally wrong to provide them with fake passports, driving licenses and Home Office registration cards. But there are other aspects of this activity where the illegality is not so obvious, and they should be further contemplated before being branded so quickly as inhumane.....Welcome, immigrants
The UK government has established a forced marriage unit to save British citizens facing forced marriage abroad. Rape, domestic violence and honour crimes have all seen gender-sensitive practices develop around their handling in the criminal justice system. But a woman entering the United Kingdom seeking asylum from similar practices and crimes at home faces a far less gender-sensitive and understanding environment....A Charter of Rights for women seeking asylum
Businesses need to register for a new five-tier system which will replace the current UK visa system. This will mean firms will have to register to employ people from overseas. Elaine McIlroy, an associate at law firm Dundas and Wilson, told the website: "At the moment employers have fairly limited duties in terms of ensuring that migrant workers comply with their immigration conditions. Under the new Tier Two system, employers' obligations will be more onerous."...Employers need to be prepared for new UK immigration rules
An alarming number of injuries sustained by asylum deportees at the hand of private "escorts" contracted by the Home Office have come to light in the report entitled Outsourcing Abuses by Brinberg Peirce & Partners, Medical Justice and the National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns (NCADC)...Shock revelations of treatment of failed asylum seekers in ...
The UK government will impose restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian nationals wishing to work in Britain after they become EU members in January 2007. The proposals will be reviewed within 12 months, taking into account of the needs of the country’s labour market, Home Office minister Liam Byrne said...Home Office to Restrict Bulgarian and Romanian Workers
As from November companies in the UK wishing to hire staff from overseas will be required to have a sponsorship licence as part of the country’s new Tier system of immigration. Elaine McIlroy, an associate with the employment law team at Dundas & Wilson, has clarified the issue saying that firms who are not ready for the introduction of the new points-based immigration system could face delays in employing personnel from overseas....UK Firms Warned to Prepare for Immigration Changes
It might also prevent failed asylum seekers being denied benefits as is currently official policy, the joint Lords-Commons committee on human rights (JCHR) says in a new report. Such changes might help offset "the popular misconception that human rights are a charter for criminals and terrorism"...MPs urge more rights for the vulnerable and marginalised
A CAMEROON refugee who claims he was tortured after being arrested in the African state, believes he will be imprisoned indefinitely if he is sent back there...The refugee they want to send back to beatings, jail and torture
Students travelling to the UK for higher studies will soon have to earn at least 40 points to qualify for a visa and prove they have the financial ability to support themselves while studying in Britain, as part of the new immigration rules announced last week. However, students can now work for up to two years after graduating from a UK university compared to the earlier one year. Beginning this November, foreign students in colleges and universitites will also be given a biometric residence permit, which would be similar to an ID card. The pointbased system, which would apply to nonEuropean Economic Area (EEA) students and Emirati students in the UAE, is part of UK’s efforts to tighten its immigration and protect students from bogus colleges...40 points needed to qualify for visa to study in UK
Not only are Chinese tourists discouraged, but also researchers, students, businessmen and investors from around the world, impeded by the expense, delays and hassle. Why bother with an extra UK visa when a Schengen visa gains access to almost all of Europe anyway and free movement within an area of more than 400 million inhabitants with plenty of tourist, business and academic attractions? ...The UK visa jungle and foreign visitors
Foreign students who miss ten classes in a row will be reported to the Government under plans to curb illegal immigration announced yesterday. Universities and colleges will have to keep records of non-EU students and alert authorities if they miss ten university tutorials or two weeks of a course at an English language school or college of further education. ..Foreign pupils who miss class to be reported
The UK Home Office has published proposals for much tighter rules for foreign students - and the universities and colleges hosting them - under the student tier of its new Points Based System. The new system will mean greater transparency for students, who will be able to check online that they qualify for a student visa before applying, and help stamp out bogus colleges that abuse the system. Under the new system, due to be introduced in the spring of 2009, universities and colleges must take greater responsibility for their international students as they may face a ban on bringing over international students if they fail to follow new rules..New Immigration Rules for Students
Students travelling to the UK for higher studies will soon have to earn at least 40 points to qualify for a visa and prove they have the financial ability to support themselves while studying in Britain, as part of the new immigration rules announced last week...40 points needed to qualify for visa to study in UK
New immigration law in UK has increased the time required to gain UK citizenship by a year. Earlier, citizenship process used to take as long as five years, which is now being increased to six years. However, in certain cases, where the applicant does not take up required community work, process will take five plus additional three years, thus making the process eight years long. New step of an additional year will be known as ‘probationary citizenship’ phase...Reactions to new UK immigration law
Government plans to deny failed asylum seekers access to free GP care breach medical ethics and could be illegal, according to evidence that the Department of Health has repeatedly refused to publish. A group of campaigning doctors has obtained copies of almost 40 submissions to ministers on the proposals, confirming widespread resistance among family doctors and others who would be needed to enforce any new rules... GPs demand right to treat refugees
Record numbers of foreign prisoners are being held in jails in England and Wales, according to government figures published yesterday. One in eight of the male prison population and more than one in five of female inmates are foreigners either serving sentences or awaiting trial. report in today's Times
As the tier 1 Immigration system is rolled out Liam Clifford from globalvisas.com can confirm the system is designed to discriminate in virtually every possible way. The UK wishes to be a meritocracy where people from all nationalities, age groups and sexes are treated equally. Over recent years from the Race relations act in 1984 to the age discrimination legislation which came into effect in 2007 the UK have strived for equality. Now the UK Immigration authorities B.I.A have put the struggle for a meritocracy back years...UK Immigration Gets Set To Make A Point To Discriminate
They said the Home Office had interfered in an "arbitrary and unjust" way in the rights of 15,000 people. Ministers said the rules were vital to tackle illegal immigration scams - but conceded they will need to be reformed. Sham wedding powers ruled illegal
Foreign students hoping to come to Britain to study will have to meet strict new rules, the government announced on Wednesday. The Home Office has published proposals for much tighter rules for foreign students and the universities and colleges hosting them, under the new point-based system...Britain issues strict new rules for foreign students
A Swansea court case involving a failed asylum seeker from Zimbabwe has revealed just how easy it is to swindle Britain’s immigration laws - and raises the frightening possibility that if it is this easy, it is likely to be very widespread...Swansea Case Reveals How Easily Asylum Seekers Swindle Britain
At their meeting on 24 July, the EU Home Affairs Ministers noted the stage reached in the proceedings for the European Pact on Immigration and Asylum. Noting that international migration is a factor of human and economic exchange which contributes to the economic growth of the European Union, the draft Pact provides for the establishment of a common immigration policy. Its aim is to manage migration flows into the European Union in a way which complies with the norms of international law, takes account of Europe's reception capacity in terms of its labour market, housing, education and social services and protects migrants from the risks of various types of exploitation...http://www.consilium.europa.eu/cms3_fo/focusView.asp?lang=en&id=1&mode=g&name=
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All passengers flying to and from British airports will be fingerprinted from next year. According to The Telegraph, the Home Office’’s Border and Immigration Agency has confirmed that it is considering forcing airport operators to introduce this measure to increase security.Passengers to be fingerprinted at UK airport departure lounges
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Foreign spouses will be asked to sign an agreement to learn English before they come to the UK. Soon after arrival, the UK Borders Agency will check to see they are doing so, with the threat of cancelling their leave to remain as an incentive..New crackdown on forced marriage
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In a recent Court of Appeal case (GO and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department 1 July 2008), Lord Justice Sedley, Lord Justice Longmore and Lord Justice Moses delivered a judgement which will have significant consequences for Colleges and Universities, as well overseas students who are refused Further Leave to Remain after changing courses...http://www.immigrationmatters.co.uk/
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About 39,000 asylum seekers in a backlog of 400,000 applicants have been allowed to remain in Britain by the Home Office. Another 20,000 people have been removed, the UK Border Agency said. Asylum seekers backlog to remain
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Britain’s highest appeals court is scheduled to decide this week whether a divorced woman and her son should be deported to Lebanon, where she claims her abusive husband will gain custody under Sharia law. The case will address the issue of Islamic law and the extent to which Britain is obliged to provide asylum to those wishing to flee countries that practice it...Immigration Watchdog » UK Court to Rule on Islamic Law Case
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Amnesty International UK today said it was 'appalled' at the findings of new research from the Jospeh Rowntree Charitable Trust, showing a massive rise in destitution among refused asylum seekers, particularly Zimbabweans... http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17842
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Hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers will be allowed to remain in the UK, with the Home Office accused of failing to make inroads into a huge backlog of cases. The move has been described by shadow home secretary Dominic Grieve as an "effective amnesty". Two years ago, 450,000 asylum cases, some dating back to the mid-1990s, required processing and only 90,000 of the files have since been processed.Courts will now block certain deportations on human rights grounds as some of the asylum seekers have lived in Britain for so long...Rejected asylum seekers given 'amnesty'
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Mohammed Monchab Ali is a former magistrate and is currently chairman the Greater Sylhet Development and Welfare Council (GSC) in UK - an organisation working for the welfare of Bangladeshi people in Britain. He is also owner of one of the largest Indian restaurants in North Wales - and is now being prosecuted for allegedly employing illegal immigrants...Breaking the Law While Supposed to be Upholding It
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So far, only 308 of the 1,013 criminals who were supposed to have been ejected from the country have been dispatched, the UK Border Agency admitted... One hundred foreign prisoners on the run two years after promise ...
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You want to work in the UK, there’s a vibrant job market in your field of work, and you’ve perhaps even managed to secure job. The most important part of your job however, is to find the right immigration lawyer to handle your case and documentation to ensure that you can get the right work permit to work in the UK...Choosing the right work permit lawyer
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PM Gordon Brown said in February that a new language test would be introduced. But yesterday it emerged that those intending to marry British citizens and settle here will be required to take language lessons only after they arrive... PM's retreat on migrant test
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AFC star Joe Nicholson has been denied a visa to enter the UK after his holiday in Kos. He is due to play in AFC match on Sunday against Marquis ..Nicholson is denied UK visa!!
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In a significant move, implementing border checks are being considered for crossings at the border between British and the Irish Republic. The main purpose of this move is to crack down on illegal immigrants. The plans do not establish fixed checkpoints at the border between Northern Ireland and the republic of Ireland...Immigration crackdown at Irish border crossings
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The British government announced Wednesday that the age at which someone can apply for a marriage visa will increase from 18 to 21 as part of a crackdown on forced marriage. The new law, which also includes asking spouses to enter into an agreement to learn English before coming to Britain, applies to only foreigners who need a visa to enter the UK..UK raises marriage age for foreigners to 21
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The Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court yesterday remanded a woman suspected of having sent her two children alone from Israel to England because she feared the welfare authorities would take the children into custody. ...Mother held for sending kids to UK to trick welfare services
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UK bosses are still employing foreign staff without proper papers. Employers face fines of up £2000 per illegal employee and a possible 2 year prison sentence for knowingly using or exploiting illegal workers...UK Companies Are Still Employing Overseas Staff Illegally
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As the Home Office put it, "People will have to become licensed to sponsor family members to visit from abroad under the proposed changes to the visa system." A proposal so far, but who will oppose it? Not the Conservative party, for which immigration rules can never be strong enough. Not perhaps the Liberal Democrats either, ahead of an election where every party's nightmare is to be seen as 'soft on immigration'...The Return Ticket
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Britain is to increase the age at which foreigners can apply for a marriage visa to crack down on forced marriages, the government said on Wednesday. The age of sponsorship will be upped from the current 18 to 21, the Home Office said, outlining proposals aimed at strengthening the safeguards against the practice. ..UK stamps out forced marriage
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STRASBOURG, France, July 17 (Reuters) - The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that an ethnic Tamil man denied asylum in Britain could not be sent back to his native Sri Lanka because he would be at risk of torture there. The ruling could have implications for hundreds of other Tamils trying to avoid expulsion from Britain to Sri Lanka....Court stops UK from returning Tamil to Sri Lanka
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Artists from outside the European Economic Area will be subject to a points-based scheme to qualify for entry, and many will have to get a biometric visa. It will add many more financial and bureaucratic hurdles to British arts organisations. Each artist in a visiting dance troupe, opera company or orchestra will have to individually attend a British consulate to obtain a visa, surrendering their passports for a few days, and then get it renewed after six months. For a large orchestra, the visa costs could cost as much as £15,000, making tours less financially viable. ..Immigration reform threatens our artistic excellence
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Australians with a UK-born grandparent will retain the right to live and work in Britain but visa conditions may be changed. The British High Commission says the UK government has decided not to scrap ancestry visas as proposed earlier in the year. Under the existing rules, Commonwealth citizens aged 17 and over can be granted residency if they can prove that one of their grandparents was born in Britain. Those awarded visas are allowed to work and then apply for citizenship after five years of residence...UK retains ancestral visas for Australians
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The Yorkshire Post tells the story: “Two men convicted of publishing race-hate” [i.e. racially truthful] “articles on the internet have skipped bail and fled to the United States to claim political asylum…Simon Sheppard and Stephen Whittle were given bail by a judge at Leeds Crown Court on Friday, despite having been found guilty of a series of race-related offences. The pair were due to return to court on Monday while a jury continued deliberating over further charges, but they failed to show up… Last night Sheppard, 51, and Whittle, 41, were being held by immigration officials at Los Angeles Airport outside the jurisdiction of the British court system. It is believed that the pair travelled from the UK to Ireland by ferry before taking a direct flight to Los Angeles. They are likely to have their case considered at an immigration hearing in the US before UK authorities can secure their return.”...Two British Men Seek Political Asylum in US
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CHRISTIAN supporters of an Afghan asylum seeker living in Sheffield secured a last minute reprieve against his deportation - minutes before his plane was due to take off...Asylum seeker's last-minute aid
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The far-right British National Party (BNP) is gaining more support for its policy of stopping "all further non-white immigration" and encouraging voluntary resettlement of Britain's non-whites in "their lands of ethnic origin"...Far right's bid to stop non-white immigration gets support
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After many months of consultation, the UK Government has finally decided to continue running the New Zealand ancestry visa program and allow free access for Kiwis for up to six months. Phew! ...Flying Kiwis, breathe a sigh of relief
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Amnesty International, said to be a human rights watchdog from London, has expressed its utter disappointment over the deportation of Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan, known as Karuna, who is alleged to have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sri Lanka. He was deported following his conviction on immigration charges. ..Amnesty International lambaste UK Authorities over the deportation ...
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Veteran Gurkhas who claim they are victims of racial discrimination in respect of settlement rights in Britain have been given the go-ahead to mount a legal challenge in the High CourtTheir case arises out of decisions relating to more than 2,000 retired British Army Gurkhas who have been refused rights to settle as they do not have "strong ties" with the UK....Gurkhas' legal challenge go-ahead
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The English Community Care Association, the National Care Association and the Registered Nursing Homes Association submitted their growing concerns for labour shortages to the Migration Advisory Committee, which advises the government on how migration can fill labour shortages...UK Cries Out for Foreign Care Workers
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Gordon Brown says he wants the brightest people in the world to come live in Britain. Unless they are Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Michael Dell, all of whom would be excluded under the government's new immigration rules. The founders of Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc. and Dell Inc. are ineligible for the top tier of the U.K. visa system, the one aimed at attracting highly skilled people, because they lack college degrees. The rules, which didn't require Parliament's approval, are under attack by lawyers and lawmakers who say the country risks excluding the kinds of people it needs....Dropouts Gates, Jobs, Dell Unworthy to Get UK Visa (Correct)
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The Government have announced that foreign nationals wishing to become British citizens will have to earn the right to stay. The tough new approach will require all migrants to speak English and obey the law if they want to gain citizenship and stay permanently in Britain, while speeding up the path to citizenship for those who contribute to the community...Newcomers must earn the right to stay
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The UK government will impose restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian nationals wishing to work in Britain after they become EU members in January 2007. The proposals will be reviewed within 12 months, taking into account of the needs of the country’s labour market, Home Office minister Liam Byrne said...Home Office to Restrict Bulgarian and Romanian Workers
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The Immigration Bill doesn't matter because it only affects foreigners, right? Wrong. The bill will affect thousands of kiwis, and people we think of as kiwis, who have lived here in some cases for decades...The Immigration Bill: it affects you
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At least 5,000 Indians, disenfranchised by the UK's recent diktats on immigration policy that forced them to return to the mother country, are to be allowed to re-enter Britain, in the latest twist in the two-year-old wrangle over holders of Highly-Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP ) visas....5000 disenfranchised Indians can return to UK
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Malaysian will need visas to visit the U.K even for short stay in early 2009. As we know, now Malaysian can enter Britain without visas for maximum of 6 months of duration stay but recently, because of a Home Office report identifies fake passports, criminal acts and terrorism as possible risks posed by visitors so that U.K government might be started the new visa requirements become law by early 2009....Visa plan for 'risky' visitors
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After a decisive win against the UK Border Agency by an advocacy group (called the HSMP Forum), Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP) visa holders will have easier rules for extending their stay in the United Kingdom. HSMP visa holders who were granted an HSMP approval letter before 07 November 2006 will be subject to separate requirements when applying for an extension to their HSMP visa...HSMP visa holders win back old extension rules
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Study shows that emigration in UK is higher than ever before. Also immigration is on the rise in UK. It can be derived from figures which came from different research conducted by various organizations that in 2006 alone 207,000 British citizens left their country. But the immigrants also came by more than double. In the same year around 510,000 foreigners arrived in UK to stay for a year or more....Emigration and Legal Aid in UK
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A leading newspaper in Portsmouth, south England, has launched a 'Let Her Stay' public campaign requesting the government to allow a grandmother from Kerala to continue to stay in the UK..UK daily launches campaign for Kerala grandmum
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Britain will prosecute its nationals who commit sex offences against children abroad, even if that offence is not illegal in the foreign country it was committed. The new legislation, contained in the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, will come into effect from Monday July 14...Law to prosecute UK sex tourists
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Under proposals to be put before Parliament next week, new arrivals will also be required to contribute to a fund to be spent on lessening the impact of sudden mass immigration on local public services. ..Immigrants to be forced to show they can speak English to gain ...
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Visitors from 11 countries - including South Africa - could be forced to get a visa before coming to Britain, it was announced...Countries face visa rules rethink
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A South African university graduate who faced deportation from Scotland because of a visa mix-up has won her battle to stay after a campaign led by her local church...Graduate wins right to stay in UK after visa error
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Something confusing is visa applications and the rules and conditions thereof. The Brits are now tightening up a little bit. I read somewhere today that 17 000 South Africans go on work visas every year..... the UK government has introduced a new points-based system that's going to follow Australia's successful plan for migration. Basically what they are doing this year is replacing all the visa categories with a more simplified system that's going to work a points base. The fact of this is that the working holiday is going to be replaced by a new visa mobility scheme....UK visa restrictions for South Africans? Laura Pinto – visa ...
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The move on domestic worker visas suggests that the UK Border Agency (UKBA) is taking a more flexible view and listening to advice from the Migration Advisory Committee...http://www.immigrationmatters.co.uk
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Attempts by Gordon Brown to use a meeting of G8 leaders this week to campaign for tougher action against Zimbabwe are in danger of being undermined by claims that Britain is forcing as many as 11,000 Zimbabweans seeking refuge here to make a stark choice between destitution or returning home to possible torture or death. Letters obtained by The Observer show that the Home Office continues to order failed Zimbabwean asylum seekers to return home in the face of mounting violence....Zimbabwe and the UK’s Caring Border Agency
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A schoolboy footballer from a one of the most war-torn parts of Africa faces career ruin because the Home Office won't make a decision on whether he can stay in Scotland...Asylum row could cost Scotland a football star
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The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has today issued findings from its fifth audit report on the UK asylum system, focusing on asylum decision-making in detention centres, where some individuals are held while their applications are being decided in accelerated procedures...UK:UN criticises UK asylum decision-making
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An asylum seeker “with the potential to represent Britain at the Olympics” is being kicked out of the country and being told to go back to Algeria...OLYMPIC HOPEFUL FACES DEPORTATION
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The European Court of Human Rights Thursday ordered Russia to pay 10,000 euros (15,800) dollars in compensation to an army recruit who collapsed while performing 370 knee-bends, reported dpa.The Strasbourg-based court found the 26-year-old suffered long- term damage to his health as a result of harsh physical training that amounted to cruel and inhuman treatment...Human rights court orders Russia to compensate army recruit
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Tough new sanctions will be imposed on people who fail to ensure family members visiting from abroad play by the rules, the... Government announced
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The Swedish Migration board has decided that openly gay and lesbian people of Iran will be granted instant asylum in the country, contrary to the previous asylum-conditions that required substantial evidence of the individual’s persecution...Sweden Streamlines Asylum Process for Gay Iranian Refugees
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Lord Justice Sedley, a Court of Appeal judge, accuses the Government of threatening the independence of the judiciary by imposing a rule that obliges judges to dismiss an asylum-seeker's story if that refugee has fled their home country using a false passport. Sir Stephen Sedley, writing in the London Review of Books, warns that such a measure "is a serious invasion of judicial independence"...Asylum-seekers put at risk by law, warns top judge
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My new play is based on accounts of life inside UK detention centres. Will the politicians listen? ..Can theatre change immigration law?
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Human rights campaigner Mr. Noordin Mengal was denied entry into the USA and detained. In what appears to be a clear violation of international law, Mr. Mengal was deprived of the rights accorded to detained persons awaiting charge, and was denied contact with both his family and legal counsel...Balochistan: Urgent Appeal – Detention and repatriation of British ...
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The British government is being urged to "initiate urgent reforms to the asylum system to end the injustice whereby many genuine gay refugees being sent back to viciously homophobic countries like Iran, Uganda, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Jamaica, Belarus and Saudi Arabia."...Reform the Homophobic Refuge System, Gay Activist Tells Trade ...
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The media is awash with scare stories about immigrants being a burden on society. Socialist Worker challenges these myths...Why we should defend migrant workers
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A pregnant Nigerian woman and her husband and sick daughter have escaped being deported after protests in Wales...Don't deport pregnant mum and family, says Cardiff
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The British government is being urged to "initiate urgent reforms to the asylum system to end the injustice whereby many genuine gay refugees being sent back to viciously homophobic countries like Iran, Uganda, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Jamaica, Belarus and Saudi Arabia...Reform the Homophobic Refuge System, Gay Activist Tells Trade ...
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Tayside woman facing deportation to South Africa will next week meet with the UK Borders and Immigration Agency to review her case....Tayside woman facing deportation pins hopes on review meeting
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Sweden has implemented a European Union directive designed to create easier work permit access across the 27-member bloc for visiting non-EU scientists and researchers...Researchers exempt from work permits in Sweden
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UK workers and skills are now being tapped and seen as essential to do jobs that lack workers. Therefore British workers have been put on the fast track ...Canada Looks at Britain for Skilled Immigration Opportunities
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Starting 30 June 2008, the UK’s new points based system, referred to as ‘Tier 1 (General)’, will go into effect for all individuals looking to immigrate to the UK as a general highly skilled migrant. On this date, it will completely replace the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP). In addition, three new sub-categories of Tier 1 will be introduced: Tier 1 (Investors), Tier 1 (Entrepreneurs), and Tier 1 (Post-Study Work)...UK TIER 1 goes worldwide
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Immigration minister Liam Byrne said the figures showed the Home Office was now making progress. In January I set the UK Border Agency the tough target of removing 5000 foreign criminals by the end of the year, an increase on last ...More foreign prisoners deported
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AL (Serbia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department Regina (Rudi) v Same Before Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Scott of Foscote, Baroness Hale of Richmond and Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood Difference in immigration policy is justified…
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The Independent Asylum Commission yesterday called for a “new deal for safe and secure returns” of failed asylum seekers, including an end to destitution for the group...Independent Asylum Commission demands ‘new deal’ on returns
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An inquiry has said that Britain’s asylum system is inhumane and urged the Government to improve the treatment of refugees. The Independent Asylum Commission (IAC), whose members include senior clergy, lawyers and academics, made 46 recommendations to the Home Office, including ways to speed up the handling of claims in a report today...‘Culture of disbelief’ found amongst officials dealing with refugee claims
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Under the previous Scottish Executive, the opposition repeatedly called for an end to the detention of asylum seeker children at the former prison Dungavel. Now, the Scottish government is opposed to that detention..New alternatives for asylum seekers
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One of the ways that the judges fiddle the legal system to benefit their masters is to deliberatly misinterpret the law knowing that unless the individual can then get leave from the British government to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, that the law in the UK will remain in breach of the ECHR....The Judges Strike Again
Catering groups and immigration lawyers have slammed the Government's new name-and-shame policy for firms employing illegal migrant workers, claiming it unfairly punishes good businesses and drives shady operators underground...Illegal employees name-and-shame policy slammed
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Britain on Wednesday scrapped controversial plans to impose financial bonds as guarantees to ensure that family visitors from India and elsewhere leave the country on the expiry of their visas. The government said it had no plans to introduce financial bonds for family visitors, and added that there will be a new sponsored family visitor category with licensed sponsors who would vouch for the family visits....Britain scraps controversial proposal for short-term visas
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