UK MPs say asylum system is 'under strain'
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14:52 18/10/2013
A committee of MPs has warned that the UK's asylum system is 'overburdened and under severe pressure'. The Home Affairs Committee scrutinises the work of the Home Office which employs immigration...
UK government unveils new immigration bill
13:40 14/10/2013
The UK's Home Secretary, Theresa May has revealed details of the Coalition government's immigration bill which should be passed this autumn. Mrs May appeared on various television and news programmes...
MP accuses UK Labour of 'pandering to anti-immigrant sentiment'
15:44 11/10/2013
Diane Abbott, the long-serving Labour MP, has criticised her party for 'pandering to anti-immigrant sentiment'. Ms Abbott had just been sacked from the Labour front bench team where she had served as...
UK campaign telling immigrants to 'go home' was not offensive
16:41 10/10/2013
The UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that an advertising campaign run by the UK government telling illegal immigrants to 'go home or face arrest' was not offensive or...
60% of Western Australian population growth caused by immigration
16:28 09/10/2013
The population of Western Australia grew by 3.4%, or 82,600, in the year to March 2013. 63% of this rise has been attributed to immigration and in particular to an influx of workers with temporary...
UK minister pledges to cut number of immigration appeals
16:06 08/10/2013
The UK's Home Secretary, the cabinet minister with responsibility for internal affairs and the country's immigration system, has said that the government will reform the country's immigration...
