US immigration denies visa to Iran's UN envoy
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11:59 24/04/2014
The US has refused to grant a visa to Iran's chosen delegate to the United Nations, Hamid Aboutalebi. Because the UN meets in New York, this in effect prevents Mr Aboutalebi from taking up his post...
UK employs devious means to cut immigration total
19:06 08/04/2014
The UK's Home Office is under pressure to reduce the net immigration total but the figure is rising. To help reverse the trend, the Home Secretary Theresa May is rumoured to be considering a small...
Indian immigration accuses US embassy teachers of visa fraud
18:39 31/01/2014
Indian immigration authorities have accused staff at the US embassy school in New Delhi of tax and visa offences. This is being seen as retaliation for the arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York...
Indian diplomat accused of visa fraud returns to India
14:00 17/01/2014
Devyani Khobragade, the Indian diplomat at the centre of a diplomatic row between India and the US has returned to India without standing trial for visa fraud. Mrs Khobragade had been charged by a...
Syrians due to overtake Afghans as largest refugee population
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The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) believes that Syrians will soon make up the largest refugee population on earth. Syrian refugees are expected to outnumber displaced Afghans...
UK PM admits Government unlikely to meet immigration reduction target
12:12 17/12/2013
The UK's Prime Minister, David Cameron, has told journalists that it is likely that his government will not meet its target of reducing net immigration to the UK to 'tens of thousands' (taken to mean...
