UK's migrant population quadruples in 60 years
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15:35 10/01/2014
The UK's Office for National Statistics has released information about the make-up of the country's immigrant population since 1951. The main finding s that the immigrant population quadrupled from 1...
Senior cabinet minister says UK will miss 100,000 immigration target
12:02 10/01/2014
Vince Cable, the UK's Business Secretary, has told the BBC that the immigration target set by UK Prime Minister David Cameron is 'arbitrary' and 'impractical'. He added that the government 'almost...
UK Immigration Act will introduce health charges for migrants
15:04 08/01/2014
A health minister in the UK government has announced that the UK is to introduce charges for health care for all migrants. Foreign nationals living in the UK, as well as UK nationals resident abroad...
Congress may pass US immigration reform in 2014
15:21 07/01/2014
US sources report that the lower house of the US Congress, The House of Representatives, may vote on a comprehensive immigration reform bill in 2014. The vice president, Joe Biden said early in...
UK government announces 'strict' benefits test for EU migrants
9:48 06/01/2014
The UK's Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith, has announced a new benefits test which is designed to discourage jobless migrants from within the EU from coming to the UK to...
UK's plan to cut immigration could damage economy says think tank
16:12 03/01/2014
A report by a UK think tank suggests that if the UK's Coalition government is successful in reducing immigration to below 100,000 a year this could lead to reduced growth in the economy of 11% by...
