UK MPs say asylum system is 'under strain'
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14:52 18/10/2013
A committee of MPs has warned that the UK's asylum system is 'overburdened and under severe pressure'. The Home Affairs Committee scrutinises the work of the Home Office which employs immigration...
UK's chief immigration inspector says e-Borders has 'some way to go'
10:25 15/10/2013
On Wednesday 9th October 2013, the UK's chief inspector of immigration and borders, John Vine, issued a highly critical report about the UK's e-Borders programme. The report says that the programme...
UK government unveils new immigration bill
13:40 14/10/2013
The UK's Home Secretary, Theresa May has revealed details of the Coalition government's immigration bill which should be passed this autumn. Mrs May appeared on various television and news programmes...
New rules on studying in UK welcomed by English teachers
15:58 11/10/2013
Teachers of English as a foreign language are welcoming changes to the immigration rules announced by the UK's immigration minister last month. On 6th September 2013, Mark Harper issued a statement...
UK minister pledges to cut number of immigration appeals
16:06 08/10/2013
The UK's Home Secretary, the cabinet minister with responsibility for internal affairs and the country's immigration system, has said that the government will reform the country's immigration...
UK minister rules out illegal immigration amnesty
11:46 03/10/2013
The UK's Home Secretary, Theresa May MP, has said that the UK has no intention of granting an amnesty to illegal immigrants currently in the country. She says that this would 'send out the wrong...
