UK Immigration News

The United Kingdoms Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, has stated that when he takes the reigns as Prime Minister, he will institute a requirement that prospective citizens must undertake community service to prove that they are in tune with the values of British life.

On 07 March 2007, the United Kingdoms Home Office published an announcement with proposed new rates for various immigration and immigration-related services. Two different files were posted with slightly different information, although some of the information is duplicated.

The North Wales police has become the latest force in the United Kingdom to use 'positive action' by targeting Polish migrants in a recruitment drive.

Simon Shaw, head of Human Resources at the force, said they are trying to encourage a pool of applicants that mirror the diverse community.

"It is not positive discrimination it is positive action," Shaw said.

The British Home Office released the Accession Monitoring Report on 27 February 2007 detailing Worker Registration Scheme statistics for the "A8" countries (the eight Eastern European countries that joined the European Union in 2004) between May of 2004 and December of 2006.

In an interim report, the Commission on Integration and Social Cohesion is recommending that spouses of immigrants into the United Kingdom "should" have to pass an English language test to qualify for immigration.

The British Home Office this week announced a clarification to the following paragraphs of the following four Guidances: