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Pressure grows within EU for immigration controls for Romanians and Bulgarians

14:25 29/11/2013
On 1st January 2014, transitional controls preventing most citizens of Bulgaria and Romania from traveling to live and work freely throughout the EU will expire. The controls were put in place in...

Minister 'not complacent' about Romanian immigration to UK

14:00 25/11/2013
The UK's immigration minister Mark Harper has predicted that there will not be a huge surge in immigration from Romania and Bulgaria when controls preventing most Bulgarians and Romanians from...

UK PM: No limit on number of Indians studying in UK

9:45 19/11/2013
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has told journalists in India that there is 'no limit on the numbers' of Indian students who can study in the UK. He said 'We want [Indian] students to come and study...

UK Immigration Minister says graduates can stay in UK

13:08 15/11/2013
Mark Harper, the UK's immigration minister, has told a Committee of the House of Lords that the UK has failed to communicate the 'very good arrangements' allowing international students to stay and...

UK immigration says goodbye to 'racist van' despite 'success'

9:30 30/10/2013
A spokesman for the UK's Home Office has announced that it will not send out any more vans pulling advertising billboards which advise those in the country illegally to 'go home or face arrest'. On...

UK immigration minister says he may sanction more go home adverts

11:20 28/10/2013
Mark Harper, the UK's immigration minister, has said that he may commission a nationwide campaign of adverts telling illegal immigrants to 'go home or face arrest'. Mr Harper told the BBC's Question...

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