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Serbia celebrates as first citizens travel visa free in EU
50 citizens from Serbia have had the honour of being the first to travel from that country within the European Union. The government sponsored event was in celebration of the end of over 18 years of travel restrictions imposed on the Balkan state and the watershed moment saw travel to several EU destinations.
Passengers were chosen via a...
Weak pound forces expats home
The UK has experienced a resurgence in expats returning home with a massive rise of 37 percent in the past year. In contrast just 18 percent moved out of Britain according to a survey released by reallymoving.com.
Over recent years many thousands of Britons have decided to make the move abroad with European favourites such as Spain and...
Turkish woman arrested in Forfar takeaway
The UK Border Agency has uncovered an illegal worker in the Scottish region of Forfar after raiding a local takeaway last week.
Dino’s takeaway, a small business on Castle Street in the small central Scottish town, was visited by a team of officers from the UKBA at around 5.30pm last Wednesday. It is believed that the officers were...
Office for National Statistics Releases Figures on Who Travels to the UK
It now appears that the Office for National Statistics has just recently released the latest quarterly figures showing the travel to and from the UK for the year. The report shows that travel, both inward and outward travel has fallen year on year.
According the second quarter figures, Spain is the most popular destination for UK...
Kidnapped Irish priest released in Phillippines
An armed gang has released a 79-year-old priest from Ireland after he was held by the group for the past month. He is now recuperating under the watch of the Missionaires at St Columban. He will undergo a medical examination due to fears over his health following a previous heart bypass operation in 2005.
On October 11th this year Father...
UK taxpayers supporting foreign based children
Treasury figures reveal that taxpayers in the UK are providing benefit payments for some 50,000 overseas children, mainly in Eastern Europe. The simple fact that if an EU nation worker is based in the UK then Britain will pay child-benefit tax to those left behind.
The estimated cost according to latest Treasury numbers is over £20...
Unskilled Bulgarian migration on the increase
More Bulgarian nationals are leaving the country in search of work, predominantly those aged 20 – 30 who have no professional qualifications.
Bulgaria experienced a marked drop in emigration from 2000 – 2006 as the EU opened its borders to new members which resulted in a huge influx of workers from the Eastern bloc travelling to...
Stricter UK passport controls set for crown dependencies
Residents of the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and the Republic of Ireland will be subjected to greater passport scrutiny under a new proposal by the British Home Office.
The renewed effort has been met with criticism by officials from both the Channel Islands and Isle of man at the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly which took place...
Welsh festival postponed as attendees denied access by UKBA
A planned festival in Cardiff next month which was to be promoted alongside the Wales v Argentina rugby game at the Millennium Stadium has been dumped over fears for the treatment of the invited artists by immigration officials.
The planned CeltFest was scheduled to take place at the Cardiff International Arena at the time of the visit of...
Months of delays as Edinburgh Airport upgrades immigration
The next three months are set to cause all manner of headaches for overseas arrivals into Edinburgh Airport, as renovations are made to the immigration hall. Construction has already begun on expanding the hall by 25% of its current size.
The disruptions may inconvenience literally millions, as the airport handled almost 9 million...
