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UK Immigration strike starts evening of 29 June 2011

15:07 29/06/2011
There is likely to be a twenty-four hour strike by The Public and Commercial Services union starting in the evening of Wednesday 29 June until the evening of Thursday 30 June. A number of UK Border...

Writers, artists decry UK immigration rules

12:53 28/06/2011
Writers and artists are banding together to criticise changes to the UK points based immigration scheme which make it more difficult for writers, composers, and artists from outside the EU to come to...

Ireland to review entrepreneur visa policy

18:20 27/06/2011
Ireland will review its Business Permission visa policy requirements in an attempt to spur entreprenuership and boost the country's ailing economy. Eoghan Murphy, a Fine Gael TD for Dublin South-East...

UK rejects Scotland's bid for more immigrants

12:51 21/06/2011
Prime Minister David Cameron has rejected Scotland First Minister Alex Salmond's plea that the UK exempt Scotland from recent restrictions on UK immigration from outside the European Union. Salmond...

UK proposes reducing the number of immigrants who can apply for permanent residence

15:38 14/06/2011
The UK has announced a number of proposals aimed at cutting the ties between many immigration routes and eventual settlement (properly known as indefinite leave to remain ) in the UK. "Migrants...

Immigration to the UK from eastern, central Europe increasing

13:30 14/06/2011
Immigration to the UK from eastern and central Europe is on the rise. Under EU law nationals of European Union Countries can work freely in the UK. The UK Government is therefore unable to control...

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