UK PM caught up in immigration row
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10:13 19/03/2014
On Thursday, 6th March 2014, the UK's new immigration minister James Brokenshire made his debut speech as minister. His aim seems to have been to show that the Conservatives Party, of which both Mr...
Row breaks out in UK government over immigration
16:18 14/03/2014
Open dissent has broken out in the UK's Coalition government over immigration. The UK's political system usually requires members of the government to 'toe the party line'. This means keeping...
UK minister blames Indian press for fall in student visas
12:06 04/03/2014
David Willetts, the UK's science minister, has blamed a fall in the number of students coming to study in the UK from the Indian sub-continent on the 'lively' press in India and Pakistan. Mr Willetts...
BBC finds 'systematic fraud' in UK's student immigration system
19:37 18/02/2014
A BBC investigation into the UK's Tier 4 student visa system has found 'systematic immigration fraud'. An investigation for the Panorama documentary programme found immigration consultants offering...
UK immigration minister resigns after employing illegal immigrant
11:19 13/02/2014
The UK's immigration minister, Mark Harper MP, has resigned after revealing that, for seven years, he had been employing an immigrant with no right to work in the UK. Mr Harper said that he had done...
London tech firms call for UK immigration reform
18:20 12/02/2014
A UK group which lobbies on behalf of technology start-up companies has called for a reform to the UK's employment-based immigration system to allow firms in the sector to recruit the best talent...
