Migrant workers 'treated like slaves' in Qatar
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14:02 02/10/2013
A report into the conditions of migrant workers helping Qatar prepare for the football World Cup in 2022 has found that they are being treated like slaves. Some have had their passports taken away by...
UK immigration force raids law firm in Yorkshire
12:24 25/10/2012
The UK Border Agency's Criminal and Financial Investigation team conducted a series of raids in Yorkshire on 23rd October 2012. Four people were arrested on suspicion of people-trafficking offences...
UK opens visa application centre in Kathmandu, Nepal
16:16 30/07/2012
UK Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, John Tucknott, opened the new UK visa application centre in Kathmandu, Nepal this month. "Migration and people to people contact are...
UK immigration to require tuberculosis screening for some UK visa applicants
14:36 28/05/2012
The UK Home Office announced that immigrants from countries with a high incidence of tuberculosis (TB) will soon be required to be screened for the disease before being approved for a UK visa. UK...
Several UK visa application centres to be closed 3 & 5 February 2012
14:49 19/01/2012
UK immigration has announced that a number of UK visa application centres around the world will be unable to take biometric information on certain days in February due to IT upgrades. During the...
Sri Lanka now requires all visitors to apply for visas online
12:46 14/01/2012
From 1 January 2012, all short term visitors and transit passengers to Sri Lanka must apply for their visas online. Sri Lanka closed their visa on arrival facility for citizens of all but two...
