UK's chief immigration inspector says e-Borders has 'some way to go'
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10:25 15/10/2013
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...
Australia sends first asylum seekers to Manus
17:30 29/11/2012
On 20th November 2012, a charter plane flew from the Australian territory of Christmas Island to the Papua New Guinean island of Manus. On board were 19 asylum seekers from Sri Lanka and Iran. They...
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...
Army may replace UK immigration staff in event of general strike
10:32 12/09/2012
Yesterday, the Trades Union Congress, an annual gathering of UK Trades Unions voted to explore the practicalities of a general strike to protest at the ongoing cuts being imposed by the UK's...
UK opens visa application centre in Kathmandu, Nepal
16:16 30/07/2012
UK Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, John Tucknott, opened the new UK visa application centre in Kathmandu, Nepal this month. "Migration and people to people contact are...
Alternative UK business immigration route
13:13 18/09/2011
For most people, immigrating to the UK for work requires applying under the points-based system . People who work for international companies could come under the Tier 2 Intra-company Transfer route...
