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London Mayor offers support for pro-immigration pressure group

12:04 04/01/2013
The Mayor of London has given his support to the Migration Matters Trust. The Trust was established last year but will be officially launched in January 2013. Boris Johnson, the Conservative mayor of...

Immigration contributes to Australian population growth

18:42 02/01/2013
Australia's population grew by 1.6% or 359,600 people in the year to the end of June 2012. 58% of that rise was caused by immigration. The population reached 22.7m in July, according to the...

White House to campaign for immigration reform in 2013

14:44 31/12/2012
President Obama has told Latino pressure groups that he will do everything he can to reform the US's immigration system in 2013. But first, he has asked for their help in helping to pull the US back...

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 immigration chief defends UKBA on sponsorship registration

9:36 21/12/2012
Rob Whiteman, the head of the UK Border Agency (UKBA) has said that he thinks that the UK Border Agency's (UKBA) system of checks on UK employers who register to sponsor overseas workers for UK visas...

UK immigration chief promises to return students' passports for Christmas

16:46 20/12/2012
Rob Whiteman, the head of the UK Border Agency (UKBA) promised to return passports to international students in time for them to fly home for Christmas. Mr Whiteman was appearing before the Home...

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