MPs say UK immigration backlog rose by 180,000 in a year
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14:27 17/07/2013
The total number of cases in the UK's immigration backlog rose by 190,000 in the last three months of 2012 to over 502,000 cases according to the House of Commons' Home Affairs Committee (HAC). The...
Obama says US immigration reform wold add $1.4trillion to economy
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UK immigration minister says 'UK visa process is good and getting better
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UK immigration research shows 50% of English population lives in high migration areas
15:01 11/07/2013
The UK's Home Office has released research which shows that 50% of the population of England and Wales (but not Scotland) lives in 'areas of relatively high migration'. A further 30% lives in areas...
