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London Metropolitan students allowed to continue their courses

12:32 26/09/2012
A High Court judge has ordered that overseas students who are studying at London Metropolitan University (LMU) should be allowed to continue with their courses despite a UK Border Agency (UKBA)...

Some Tier 2 sponsorship licences must be renewed by 26th November

15:08 25/09/2012
The first licences for employers to sponsor migrant workers for visas under the UK's points-based visa system were granted on 26th November 2008. Licences last for four years so those licences will...

UK asylum system is 'traumatic' for children

15:01 25/09/2012
A report issued by the Children's Society has criticised the United Kingdom's treatment of children from overseas who claim asylum. The report says that UK immigration officials have developed 'a...

UK Border Agency awards contract to outsourcing firm Capita.

18:09 19/09/2012
The UK Border Agency (UKBA), one of Britain's main immigration authorities, has placed a contract to find and deport illegal immigrants in the hands of a private sector company, Capita. The contract...

UK immigration may introduce fast stream passport checks for VIPs

11:38 19/09/2012
The acting head of the UK Border Force (the UKBF), Brian Moore, told the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee that the organisation is considering the introduction of a fast stream at...

Universities minister seeks to protect UK's reputation with foreign students

18:54 13/09/2012
The universities minister David Willetts today addressed a conference of UK universities in Keele and said that the government would be doing all it could to send out a message to international...

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