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Government report shows 700 immigrants allowed in each day
According to the latest government findings the number of immigrants has nearly doubled under the Labour leadership.
The report reveals that since Messrs Blair and Brown have been at the helm the number of migrant arrivals into Britain has reached three million in total. This equates to over 700 every day. The percentage of immigrants in...
Cat ownership greater proof of citizenship than marriage or children
Public outrage has followed the decision to let an illegal immigrant remain in the UK due to his ownership of a cat.
The Bolivian man was deemed to have the right to remain in Britain because sending him home would be a breach of his civil rights which stipulate that he is entitled to remain in the UK owing to a settled private home life,...
Far right BNP to permit coloured membership
The ultra right wing British National Party has announced changes to its constitution which will allow membership to be extended to non-white people.
The move comes after a recent court case where the BNP, who oppose immigration and fight for real Britons, was accused of discrimination by a government supported human rights group.
The...
Solicitor claims earned citizenship benefits the community
Marian Dixon, a solicitor with the Birmingham law firm Wright Hassall’s immigration division has stated that the move away from issuing UK visa based on time served in the country towards earned citizenship is beneficial to the greater community.
In the past, people who have been in the UK on work visa could automatically apply for...
UKBA outrage at plans to turn hotel into detention centre
Officials from the UK Border Agency have denounced plans to convert an airport hotel to a detention centre, saying they are extremely disappointed with the move.
The UKBA’s director Alan Kitlle wrote to MP for Crawley to voice his surprise and anger that an application for planning permission lodged by hotel tycoon Suriner Arora to...
UK Government lifts visa ban on controversial Dutch politician
An immigration tribunal has overturned the ban on controversial right-wing politician Geert Wilders which will allow him to travel to the UK to attend a showing of his film Fitna.
Wilders will now be able to go to London next week for the UK showing of his film in which he claims the Koran is fascist. The tribunal allowed his travel after...
Overseas student visa rules could cost UK universities millions
Universities have denounced the new overseas visa regulations claiming that thousands of high paying foreign students are being deprived of the opportunity to study in the UK which in turn may lead to millions of pounds lost be tertiary establishments.
The claims came from the umbrella organisation of Universities UK (UUK) which represents...
Coupled jailed for attempting to smuggle cocaine through Manchester Airport
A husband and wife have been sentenced to prison after attempting to smuggle cocaine into Britain via Manchester Airport.
Both individuals were believed to have concealed drugs internally and the man resisted arrest, attempting to assault an immigration official before trying to escape the airport while being detained.
Carmen...
The fastest growing UK crime is identity fraud
London has been revealed as the centre of the latest crime trend to hit the UK, identity fraud, with Birmingham a close second.
The news comes at the start of National Identity Fraud Prevention Week where a study revealed the growing scale of UK-based identity theft which continues at an alarming rate.
Close to 60,000 cases of...
High Court reveals the truth behind detained Congolese University lecturer
More facts have emerged in the case of Jean-Pierre Djimbonge, the 51-year-old University lecturer from the Congo who has received widespread public support at his alleged mistreatment by UK immigration officials.
The High Court in Belfast yesterday said that the authorities were absolutely correct to arrest the man, stating that some of...
