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...
Hungarian Immigration Office working on integration strategy
15:51 11/01/2006
The Immigration Office of the Hungarian Interior Ministry has begun work on a strategy on the social integration of immigrants and refugees in Hungary, a senior official said yesterday. The ministry...
New immigration rules for UK visitors of more than six months
18:40 09/11/2005
From 13 November 2005, all nationals from non-EEA member states as listed below who wish to come to the UK for more than six months will need to obtain an entry clearance from a British diplomatic...
UK immigration hit record high in 2004
17:23 21/10/2005
Immigration to the UK hit a record high in 2004, new statistics have revealed. A total of 494,100 non-Britons migrated to the UK, an increase of 21% on the 2003 figure of 406,800. As reported earlier...
Immigration detainees in UK forced to sleep on tables, chairs
13:33 13/09/2005
Immigration detainees in the UK have been forced to sleep on tables or plastic chairs because of sub-standard provisions, the country's prisons monitor has revealed. Facilities at Gatwick Airport,...
UK clarifies HSMP past earnings points rules
10:05 09/09/2005
Applicants for the UK's Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP) are able to claim up to a maximum of 50 points for their earnings during the 12 month period prior to the application being made...