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Immigrants using Zambia as a gateway to UK
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10:46 09/06/2005
Foreign nationals are using Zambia as a gateway to the United Kingdom and South Africa . Zambia's Immigration Department deputy public relations officer Greenwell Lyempe said the department has...
UK appoints new Director General of Immigration and Nationality
14:11 07/06/2005
Lin Homer has been appointed the new Director General of the UK's Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND), Home Office Permanent Secretary John Gieve announced on June 6. Homer was selected...
Immigrant son becomes mayor of major UK city
10:02 07/06/2005
Mohammed Afzal Khan, who arrived in the UK in the 1970's as a bewildered 12-year-old who spoke no English, has become the first Asian lord mayor of the British city of Manchester. Twenty percent of...
UK SBS quotas temporarily extended
11:24 30/05/2005
The Sectors Based Scheme quota for 2004-05 will continue to operate beyond 31 May 2005, the day that the quota was due to end. As announced on 21 January 2005, the SBS pilot is currently the subject...
UK to tackle illegal immigration during EU presidency
14:23 27/05/2005
The drive to manage illegal immigration will be one of the UK's priorities for its six-month presidency of the European Union, the country announced 26 May. Charles Clarke, the UK's home secretary,...
176,000 workers from new EU member states work in UK
11:45 27/05/2005
About 176,000 workers from the new EU member states have entered the UK to work since the EU expanded last May. This was 20 times more than expected; still, the UK's Immigration Minister Tony McNulty...
