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Home Affairs Select Committee

Strip Home Office of UK visa powers says ex-border boss

11:03 28/04/2022
Priti Patel’s former UK border boss, Glyn Williams, has called for the Home Office to be stripped of its UK visa powers amid its farcical handling of a refugee scheme. Williams has urged the UK...

Windrush compensation scheme architect slams Home Office

17:27 12/12/2020
The architect of the Windrush compensation scheme has slammed the Home Office over its handling of pay-outs. Martin Forde is the latest to blast the Home Office for its handling of the scheme...

New points-based UK immigration system uncertain

15:48 26/07/2016
UK immigration minister, James Brokenshire, has dismissed promises made by Brexit backers during the recent referendum that the UK's new immigration system will be modelled on Australia's points-...

UK Immigration Official Appointed Head of Newly Formed Brexit Unit

18:36 12/07/2016
Oliver Robbins, a senior civil servant responsible for UK immigration policy at the Home Office and oversight of the borders, immigration and citizenship system, has been appointed chief of the newly...

Tier 2 Visa system criticised by Home Affairs Select Committee

9:44 30/12/2015
The House of Commons' Home Affairs Select Committee has said that the UK Tier 2 Visa system is 'not fit for purpose'. The following comments were made by Keith Vaz MP Chairman of the Committee, in a...

MPs quiz civil servants about UK immigration and visa services

13:25 03/04/2013
On Tuesday 26th March 2013, a committee of MPs interviewed two senior civil servants about the way the UK's immigration services will be run in future. The interview came just minutes after the Home...

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