'Flood' of Romanians fails to materialise on UK shores
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9:19 24/01/2014
The UK prepared itself for an influx of Romanians and Bulgarians on 1st January 2014 but, so far at least, it hasn't happened. On 31st December 2013, transitional controls preventing the free...
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Identity cards for UK Tier 2 visa holders from next month
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Skilled migrant workers and their dependents extending their visa under the Tier 2 visa scheme will from 6 January 2010 need to provide biometric information and obtain an identity card. Migrants in...
