UK opposition leader says immigrants must speak English
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11:32 19/12/2012
Ed Miliband, the leader of the UK's Labour opposition gave a speech on 14th December 2012 in which he said that the last Labour government had made mistakes in its immigration policy when it was in...
Fewer than half of Londoners are 'white British' says census
10:55 13/12/2012
The latest UK census, completed in 2011, has revealed great changes in the ethnic and religious composition of the UK population. The number of foreign-born people living in England and Wales rose by...
UK cannot continue immigration controls on Bulgarians and Romanians
9:41 13/11/2012
The UK's Home Secretary Theresa May MP has said that the UK is not able to extend controls on the migration of Bulgarians and Romanians beyond December 2013. However, she said that she was...
Canadian immigration minister tells UK Poles to move to Canada
14:06 06/11/2012
Jason Kenney, the Canadian minister for Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, visited the UK and Ireland at the end of October 2012. He was trying to persuade skilled workers to consider a...
Irish report says immigration vital to economic success
15:10 01/11/2012
An Irish report on immigration finds that, even after the crash, immigrants are playing a vital role in the Irish economy. For Ireland to prosper, it must continue to be open to inward migration. The...
A quarter of UK children born to immigrant mothers
12:42 30/10/2012
New figures released by the UK's Office for National Statistics show that 24% of babies born in the UK last year (2011) were born to women who were born outside the UK. The ONS said that 'the...