UK offers asylum seekers money to return home
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11:58 16/01/2006
The British government is to offer some asylum-seekers and illegal immigrants more cash to leave the country. The offer, of up to 2000 GPB ($3,500) per person, would run until the end of June and...
UK introduces new immigration rules for religious workers
9:08 20/12/2005
The UK Government is introducing a new immigration category that allows religious workers in non-preaching roles to come to the UK to work for up to two years. This will cover workers whose duties...
Medical care in UK attractive to foreign expecting mothers
10:58 15/12/2005
An investigation done by the BBC has found a growing number of women from overseas are travelling to Britain to give birth in British hospitals. The practice is costing some trusts hundreds of...
UK bill threatens foreign students, says student union
12:18 13/12/2005
The UK's new Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill that is being presented to the House of Lords, could see International students lose their right to appeal against decisions about their right to...
England to launch its own Fresh Talent Scheme
18:25 12/12/2005
An immigration policy that gives Scotland a competitive advantage in attracting immigrants is to be undermined by a similar scheme introduced across the UK . A version of the Fresh Talent Initiative...
Dual citizens in UK could lose citizenship in new bill
16:58 05/12/2005
Under new legislation being considered in the UK , the home secretary would be able to strip dual nationals of their British citizenship as easily as he can remove or exclude foreign nationals from...
