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Immigration checks to be conducted at the county jail
Monmouth County in New Jersey is going to start checking the immigration status on those who are booked at the county jail. Law enforcement will be able to act as federal immigration agents through a program called 287(g).  The Sheriff said it was unlikely that every law enforcement officer in the county would be trained under the new...
Man seeking asylum in the UK worries about returning home
Antonio Nunes who has been living in the UK since 1997 was taken from his home last week and put into an Immigration Removal Center. Nunes fled from his native Angola because of political unrest at the time. Nunes is seeking asylum in the UK and claims he fears for his own safety if he were deported back to Angola.
A battle is raging...
UK man faces deportation from the United States for 18 year old crime
A man from South Wales known as Zak Ashenhurst was arrested and imprisoned in America for a weapons violation that happened nearly two decades ago when he was only 17. Ashenhurst has been living in the United States since 1979. He has built a life in America with his wife and their two children. Ashenhurst was in the middle of renewing...
It is not easy to obtain a UK visa in Nigeria
Sir Richard Gozney who was formerly the British High Commissioner to Nigeria once said that "The UK visa operation in Nigeria is one of the UK's biggest and busiest in the world." Each year the British High Commissioner will see a few hundred thousand applications for visas from Nigeria. Most of those applications are not the first...
Immigration officials deny woman’s request to stay in the UK to care for her sick mother
Tess Henry has been pleading with immigration officials to stay in Britain to care for her mother who is suffering from terminal cancer. Henry is entitled to British citizenship but chose to live the majority of her life in Australia. She returned to Britain in 2006 to care for her mother. Now she has been trying to straighten out her...
Canada identifies the key areas of labor shortages across the country
A meeting was held in Canada between the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Diane Finley, and several industry leaders and nongovernment related organizations in an attempt to pinpoint where there are extreme shortages of labor in the country. The results of the meeting will help to influence which visas are granted for priority...
Australia opens a new immigration center
The new immigration center in Australia located on Christmas Island is causing controversy. Refugee advocates claim that the center is "extremely harsh." Recently the government has relaxed immigration policy which will require less people to be sent to the immigration center. Typically those seeking asylum in Australia would wait for a...
UK introduces a new student visa program
The UK government announced that a new student visa program will be available as part of its Points Based System. This new student visa program will be considered Tier 4. The purpose of the new visa is to make the visa process simpler for those students and educators looking to come to Britain. It will be up to the students themselves...
Illegal immigrants busted by dogs
In the French port of Calais UK Border Agency officers found 4 illegal immigrants hiding in a secret compartment of a tractor trailer truck. The four men were from India. According to the UK Border Agency officers the 4 were very well hidden. In fact the only reason they were found...
Campsfield House immigration center detainees go on hunger strike
60 detainees at the Campsfield House immigration center have decided to go on a hunger strike. The hunger strike has been going on for three days now and was started to protest being held at the immigration center by Iraqi Kurds who are seeking asylum in Britain. They claim that another detainee who was forcefully deported committed...
