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Romanian ambassador dismisses UK tabloid immigration fears

14:33 21/01/2013
The Romanian ambassador to the UK, Ion Jinga, has hit out at UK press speculation that tens of thousands of Romanians and Bulgarians will come to work in the UK in 2014 once EU law allows them to do...

UK ministers refuse to predict immigration levels from Romania, Bulgaria

13:35 16/01/2013
The UK's Prime Minister David Cameron has said that it is impossible to know how many immigrants will come to the UK from Romania and Bulgaria next year when transitional immigration controls as...

Cameron: UK may stop EU citizens from claiming benefits

11:22 14/01/2013
David Cameron has said that he is considering preventing EU citizens from claiming benefits in the UK. Mr Cameron was speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show on the morning of Sunday 7th January 2013...

UK government will not meet immigration target says think tank

14:08 10/01/2013
The UK government will not meet its target of reducing net immigration to below 100,000 annually, according to a respected think tank. A report issued by the Institute for Public Policy Research (...

Nobel Prize winner criticises 'stupid' UK immigration rules

18:06 04/01/2013
A Nobel Prize winning scientist, Sir Andrei Geim, who immigrated to the UK from Russia in the early 90s, has warned that 'stupid' UK immigration policies will hinder UK scientific research. Sir...

Labour peer calls for an end to 'elite consensus' on immigration

15:22 04/01/2013
A Labour member of the House of Lords has said that the government should open up a 'democratic debate' around immigration. Lord Glasman is a professor of politics at London Metropolitan University...

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