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Brain drain hits Spain
The Spanish population is shrinking for the first time in recent history due to a slow but steady wave of emigration.
Highly-educated Spaniards are searching for work in different countries, as well as hundreds of thousands of immigrants returning home. Despite Spain’s high unemployment rates, many of the people leaving the country are...
Illegal Immigrant Returns Home and Sets Up Business Selling UK Passports
According to new reports, an illegal immigrant who was caught arranging a sham marriage was able to leave jail recently. Not only did he get out of jail, but he left with £1,500 in taxpayers' money. Once he returned home, he used this money to set up a business in Pakistan offering UK passports.
These reports go on to explain that this...
Thousands of Immigrants Wrongly Collect Benefits
Well, according to new reports, Brits have yet another reason to lash out against immigrants. Apparently, these reports suggest that nearly 5,000 immigrants in the UK have been collecting benefits, despite the fact that they have no right to collect them. These were figures that were released by the government.
Of course, reports show that...
Communication Failures Led to Border Checks Being Relaxed
There are a number of different problems that come from a lack of communication. This goes double when that lack of communication is seen between officers of the UK Border Agency. In fact, MPs are now saying that miscommunication between the UK Border Agency, and the Home Office has led to border checks being relaxed too...
Pakistani Illegal Immigrant Finally Deported After Appeal Merry-Go-Round
There are a number of illegal immigrants who attempt to increase their stay in the UK by appealing the court's decision to remove them. Typically, most of these immigrants do not think that they have a chance to win. However, this does give them a chance to stay in the UK a bit longer. Well, according to reports, this worked rather nicely for...
UK Border Agency Seizes Cheetah at Heathrow Airport
The UK Border Agency has been able to seize a number of different things that people try to sneak into the country. However, this could be the first time that they were able to seize an adult Cheetah. According to reports, a cheetah has been stopped at London's Heathrow Airport by border officials. Apparently, agents got suspicious when the...
80's Pop Icon Adam Ant Has House Raided by UK Border Agency
Reports now show that the 80's pop icon Adam Ant just found himself on the wrong side of an immigration raid. Apparently, officers from the UK Border Agency swooped down on his house recently to arrest a Japanese woman who had overstayed her visa.
The raid on his house was actually done during the early morning. Immigration police came...
UK Border Agency Apologizes for Missed Attempt to Deport Killer
When the UK Border Agency fails to deport a failed asylum seeker, that is one thing. However, when they fail to deport one who later goes on to kill his partner and children, that is something different altogether. The UK Border Agency knows this and recently apologized for the missed chance to deport a killer immigrant.
According to...
Emigration in Ireland Spurred on by Unemployment
Emigration in Ireland has been a problem for some time now. In fact, ever since the job market bottomed out, people have been leaving Ireland in groups to find work elsewhere. Some are even now saying that emigration and education appear to be behind a huge fall in unemployment.
Numbers right now are showing a 2,300 dip to 434,800 in the...
UK Border Agency Able to Arrest Over 120 Illegal Immigrants in Gwent
The UK Border Agency has been catching a lot of heat recently. A lot of that has to do with the fact that immigration issues are taking center stage in the UK right now. That being said, a lot of the positive work that this agency does goes unnoticed. Case in point, the UK Border Agency has been able to arrest more than 120 illegal immigrants...