UK immigration savaged by MPs
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9:55 18/11/2013
The Home Affairs Committee of the Westminster Parliament has issued its final report on the activities of the now defunct United Kingdom Border Agency. The report deals with the operation of the UKBA...
MPs quiz civil servants about UK immigration and visa services
13:25 03/04/2013
On Tuesday 26th March 2013, a committee of MPs interviewed two senior civil servants about the way the UK's immigration services will be run in future. The interview came just minutes after the Home...
UK immigration provides 'unacceptable service'
11:31 28/03/2013
A committee of MPs has issued a report about the UK Border Agency (UKBA) which states that its already poor performance is getting worse. The report says that senior staff should not receive any...
UK immigration up-to-date with Tier 2 sponsorship inspections
12:34 20/03/2013
The UKBA has announced major changes to Tier 2 visa system to come into force on 6th April 2013. The Tier 2 sponsorship system came into being in late 2008, just over four years ago. Because licences...
UK immigration provides 'shockingly poor' customer service
18:50 13/12/2012
The UK's chief inspector of immigration has told a UK parliamentary committee that the UK Border Agency (UKBA) provides 'shockingly poor' customer service. In his evidence to the House of Commons...
UK Border Agency awards contract to outsourcing firm Capita.
18:09 19/09/2012
The UK Border Agency (UKBA), one of Britain's main immigration authorities, has placed a contract to find and deport illegal immigrants in the hands of a private sector company, Capita. The contract...
