Australian immigration criticised over cricketer's citizenship
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11:18 03/03/2014
Australia's former immigration ministers Chris Bowen and Brendan O'Connor have been criticised for decisions to grant visas to a Pakistani asylum seeker, Fawad Ahmed, and to change the law so that Mr...
UK immigration inspector investigates sham marriages
12:44 28/02/2014
The UK's Chief Inspector of Immigration, John Vine, has been conducting research into abuse of the marriage system by immigrants seeking to obtain residence in the UK. Mr Vine has warned that sham...
Oxford academic blames 'Kafkaesque' student visa system on UK PM
19:49 26/02/2014
A leading British historian has denounced the UK's student visa regime as 'stupid, incoherent, short-sighted, cack-handed, intrusive and counter-productive'. Professor Timothy Garton Ash, Professor...
UK and EU move towards new immigration clash
15:25 26/02/2014
A new proposal from the UK's Coalition government to limit access to social welfare payments by EU citizens has been branded illegal by the European Commission. This pronouncement escalates a war of...
Wealthy Chinese migrants forsake Canada for Australia
16:39 21/02/2014
Chinese nationals have lodged more than 90% of applications for the new Australian Significant Investor Visa since it opened in November 2012. The Significant Investor Visa allows wealthy foreign...
BBC finds 'systematic fraud' in UK's student immigration system
19:37 18/02/2014
A BBC investigation into the UK's Tier 4 student visa system has found 'systematic immigration fraud'. An investigation for the Panorama documentary programme found immigration consultants offering...
