UK PM caught up in immigration row
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10:13 19/03/2014
On Thursday, 6th March 2014, the UK's new immigration minister James Brokenshire made his debut speech as minister. His aim seems to have been to show that the Conservatives Party, of which both Mr...
Indian diplomat accused of visa fraud returns to India
14:00 17/01/2014
Devyani Khobragade, the Indian diplomat at the centre of a diplomatic row between India and the US has returned to India without standing trial for visa fraud. Mrs Khobragade had been charged by a...
Fears grow about misuse of UK immigration terrorism powers
17:01 28/08/2013
On Sunday 18th August 2013, David Miranda, a Brazilian citizen was travelling from Germany to Brazil. He took a connecting flight to Heathrow where he was due to fly on to Rio de Janeiro. At Heathrow...
COMMENT – UK's EU dilemma over Romanian/Bulgarian immigration estimates
16:31 07/03/2013
By Alex Owen The UK government has got itself into trouble over immigration figures again. The UK press has been asking government ministers for an estimated figure of the number of Romanians and...
BBC criticised for being uncritical of UK anti-immigration pressure group
15:11 06/03/2013
The Migration Matters Trust, a UK group founded by parliamentarians to encourage an open and honest debate about immigration in the UK, has criticised the BBC for accepting statistics presented by an...
UK immigration is driving students away, says former ambassador
16:19 05/02/2013
Sir Christopher Meyer, the UK's ambassador to Washington between 1997 and 2003, has told UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph that the UK Border Agency is driving international students away from the UK...
