UK immigration 'must not sell citizenship' say MPs
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17:22 27/03/2014
A committee of MPs has warned the UK's Coalition government against selling Tier 1 (Investor) visas at auction. Last month, the government's independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) suggested...
Australian immigration say student visa applications up
18:32 19/03/2014
More than 74,000 international students applied for Australian student visas in the three months to September 2013, according to Australian immigration. This is the highest figure for four years and...
UK minister blames middle class for fuelling immigration boom
10:54 18/03/2014
The UK's new immigration minister, James Brokenshire, has made his first speech as minister and has said that mass immigration 'puts pressure on social cohesion'. He said that it has been good news...
Row breaks out in UK government over immigration
16:18 14/03/2014
Open dissent has broken out in the UK's Coalition government over immigration. The UK's political system usually requires members of the government to 'toe the party line'. This means keeping...
Senior Conservative says UK can still meet immigration target
18:07 11/03/2014
The UK can still hit the government's target of cutting net immigration to below 100,000 by 2015, according to Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps. Mr Shapps was speaking on the BBC's Sunday...
UK government 'withholds immigration report'
11:54 11/03/2014
The UK's Coalition government has been accused of withholding a report prepared by civil servants because it suggests that the Government has greatly over stated the "negative effects of immigration...
