UK immigration 'must not sell citizenship' say MPs
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17:22 27/03/2014
A committee of MPs has warned the UK's Coalition government against selling Tier 1 (Investor) visas at auction. Last month, the government's independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) suggested...
UK academic supports call for UK immigration to auction investor visas
10:03 21/03/2014
Will Hutton, a noted UK author, economist, journalist and academic, has said that the UK should 'auction residential visas to the world's super-rich'. The proceeds should be spent on building houses...
UK immigration committee recommends Tier 1 visa-auction
10:25 06/03/2014
The UK's Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has recommended that there should be changes to the Tier 1 (Investor) visa because they say it is of questionable benefit to the UK taxpayer. One of their...
UK employers believe migrants have better skills and motivation
14:04 29/01/2014
A poll conducted by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development has found that a majority of UK employers believe that immigrants have better qualifications, skills and motivation than British...
UK's top immigration expert says migrants better educated than UK youth
15:08 21/01/2014
The UK's top immigration expert Sir David Metcalf has told the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee that UK employers are deliberately employing foreign-born workers in preference to UK workers to...
Overseas students say 'UK immigration cap' makes them feel less welcome
13:32 28/06/2013
A poll of international students carried out on behalf of a UK trades union has found that over half of foreign students questioned said that 'the government's immigration cap makes them feel less...
