Former UK immigration boss says system has been out of control since 2000
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19:10 17/04/2013
The former head of the UK Border Force (UKBF) Tony Smith says that Britain lost control of its immigration system between 2000 and 2003 under the Labour government of Tony Blair. He said 'There was a...
COMMENT – UK's EU dilemma over Romanian/Bulgarian immigration estimates
16:31 07/03/2013
By Alex Owen The UK government has got itself into trouble over immigration figures again. The UK press has been asking government ministers for an estimated figure of the number of Romanians and...
UK immigration minister changes nature of citizenship test
17:16 29/01/2013
The UK's immigration minister has announced changes to the UK's citizenship test. Mark Harper said that the changes were necessary because the old test tested people's knowledge of 'how to claim...
Former UK Prime Minister Blair criticises successor on immigration
10:27 31/12/2012
Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the UK between 1997 and 2007, made a rare visit to the UK parliament at Westminster on Tuesday 18 th December 2012 and walked into, or perhaps created, a row about...
UK opposition leader says immigrants must speak English
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...
UK Labour Party signals 'tough' new immigration policy
19:05 03/12/2012
The UK's Labour opposition will fight the next election on a tough, anti-immigration platform, a senior Labour figure has revealed. Until now, Labour has been seen as the pro-immigration party. Ed...
