Survey: UK split on attitude to immigration
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11:46 23/06/2014
A detailed poll has found that the UK is deeply divided in its attitudes to immigration. The 2014 British Social Attitudes Survey has found that younger people, Londoners and those with a university...
UK minister says meeting immigration target will be 'difficult'
14:13 16/06/2014
Theresa May, the UK's Home Secretary, has told the BBC that it will be difficult to meet the government's target of reducing annual net immigration to below 100,000 by May 2015 but has said that she...
Bilimoria: UKIP talk 'dangerous nonsense' on UK immigration
9:38 12/06/2014
Lord Bilimoria of Chelsea, the founder of the Cobra Beer company, has told a conference that the UK Independence Party (UKIP) is guilty of 'scaremongering' and 'misleading rhetoric' on immigration...
No UK immigration bill in Queen's speech
19:55 05/06/2014
UK political commentators were surprised that there was no mention of a new immigration bill in the Queen's Speech on 4th June. Prime Minister David Cameron was rumoured to be preparing a new bill...
60,000 asylum seekers have reached EU in 2014
12:50 04/06/2014
The EU's border agency Frontex says that a record number of asylum seekers have entered the EU by sea and on foot in 2014. So far, Frontex estimates the total at about 60,000. The migrants have...
UK Labour adjusts immigration message
11:09 04/06/2014
In the wake of the local and European elections held in the UK on 22nd May, after some disappointing results, the UK's opposition Labour Party has a rethink of its future immigration policy. Labour...
