Swiss referendum calls for introduction of immigration quotas
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18:20 18/02/2014
A referendum held in Switzerland has narrowly backed the introduction of tighter immigration controls. 50.3% of those who voted supported the introduction of the controls and, according to the Swiss...
Labour says UK workers unprotected from Romanian immigration
14:33 17/01/2014
The UK's opposition Labour Party has accused the Coalition government of failing to protect UK workers from the effects of immigration from Romania and Bulgaria. On 1st January 2014, transitional...
UKIP leader calls for 5-year bar on UK immigration
10:14 14/01/2014
Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) has called for a total ban on permanent immigration into the UK for five years. He has also said that no one who comes to work in the UK...
UK's chief immigration inspector says e-Borders has 'some way to go'
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On Wednesday 9th October 2013, the UK's chief inspector of immigration and borders, John Vine, issued a highly critical report about the UK's e-Borders programme. The report says that the programme...
UK government unveils new immigration bill
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The UK's Home Secretary, Theresa May has revealed details of the Coalition government's immigration bill which should be passed this autumn. Mrs May appeared on various television and news programmes...
Cable presses UK immigration chief to drop security bonds
16:20 17/09/2013
The UK's business minister Vince Cable has said that he will urge the Home Secretary Theresa May, who is responsible for the UK's immigration regime, to drop a plan to make some applicants for UK...
