Man who lived in Kenya airport gets UK citizenship
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15:39 04/07/2005
A man who has lived for more than a year at Nairobi's international airport to protest being denied entry to Britain has finally been granted U.K. citizenship and plans to fly there within days. In a...
Europe's five largest countries discuss illegal immigration
15:29 04/07/2005
Europe's five biggest economies are discussing plans for stopping illegal immigration, including fingerprinting of visa applicants and tougher screening at airports. Nicolas Sarkozy, France's...
New UK visa application centre opens in Bangladesh
9:54 01/07/2005
A new UK visa application centre will open in Chittagong, Bangladesh on 3 July, bringing a total of three application centres across Bangladesh. The service will be limited to those applicants who...
UK to use iris-reading immigration equipment
14:47 30/06/2005
The UK Immigration Service has decided to use the latest iris scanning technology to provide a faster, more convenient way to clear immigration. Called"IRIS" (an abbreviation for Iris Recognition...
UK new immigration bill published
15:24 27/06/2005
The UK government's new immigration bill released last week does not include a points system for immigration. Although ministers want a points system for economic migrants that would grant visas on...
UK SBS work permit in hospitality sector to end
11:13 27/06/2005
The UK Minister of State for Immigration today announced that the Sectors-Based Scheme (SBS) would stop operating in the hospitality sector, but would continue until June 2006 in the food processing...
