UK's ambassador to Nigeria: no decision on security bonds
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9:36 03/09/2013
The UK's ambassador to Nigeria, Dr Andrew Pocock, has told a Nigerian newspaper that the UK has yet to decide whether to introduce a system of security bonds which would be paid by some applicants...
UK seems likely to miss immigration target
18:21 02/09/2013
The UK's Office for National Statistics has released figures which show that the latest net migration figure has risen by 23,000. In the year to December 2012, the UK net immigration figure stood at...
Business leader slams UK immigration policy
16:32 05/08/2013
Baroness Valentine, the chief executive of London business association London First, has criticised the UK government's 'ill-considered' immigration policy. Baroness Valentine wrote a piece for the...
Suspected war criminals applied for Indefinite leave to remain in UK
10:06 05/08/2013
The BBC has revealed that the UK's Home Office has identified 115 suspected war criminals who have been present in the UK in the last two years in various visa categories including indefinite leave...
Indian business says UK immigration bonds will damage trade
13:22 02/08/2013
A spokesman for the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has said that a UK government plan to require Indian nationals applying for UK visas to pay security bonds are 'a...
Australia announces all asylum seekers will be transported to PNG
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The Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced that, from now on, all asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat will be sent to the processing centre on the island of Manus, which is part...
