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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...
Kabul bound Jungle camp deportation flight postponed
Human rights groups are claiming France’s decision to postpone an Afghanistan bound flight for ex Calais Jungle inhabitants is a victory for migrant rights groups and refugees alike.
The French government last week reneged at the last minute on an agreement with British authorities to fly the migrants home on October 6th. A plane had...
Tories vow to clamp down on migrants
According to Chris Grayling, the Conservative Party shadow home secretary, the Tory government would instigate a limit on immigration numbers to plug a huge hole in Britain’s immigration policy. Grayling also suggested that the current system was being continually abused, particularly by overseas students, and required stricter measures to...
Home Office admits to 40,000 missing cases on immigrants
A leaked memo is causing embarrassment for the Home Office after it was revealed that authorities may not know the actual whereabouts of tens of thousands of migrants who were told they needed to leave the UK years ago.
Currently immigration staff are desperately working their way through some 40,000 files that date back to before 2003 of...
UKBA officials release prosecution figures
The UK Border Agency has revealed that over 2,500 frausters, traffickers and drug smugglers have been prosecuted by the the joint venture the UKBA launched last April. The findings were announced in a report by the Border and Immigration Minister Phil Woolas.
The announcement of the prosecutions was made during the first conference between...
Woman supported by MPs sentenced to jail
The woman who took her case to the Scottish Parliament and the House of Commons has been sentenced to jail for 18 months for lying about her background.
Fatou Gaye and her 4-year-old son Arouna were removed from their Glasgow residence in a move which sparked widespread publicity and sympathy. SNP Member John Mason brought up the case to...
Pakistan visa office returns from the UAE
The UK government has announced the decision to move the visa application office for Pakistani citizens from the United Arab Emirates back to Pakistan in order to address delays which have caused high tension across the country of late.
The announcement was made by Alan Johnson, the Home Affairs Secretary, on Tuesday from Islamabad...
Airport bomb threat hoax to avoid deportation
A Pakistani man has forced one British airport to be closed and three more placed on high alert after phoning in a bomb threat which warned of suicide attacks.
27-year-old Salman Mukaty was an asylum seeker who was seeking to prevent his deportation back to Pakistan after having lived in Britain for over 9 years. His reaction was to advise...
UKBA denies entry to Benny Hinn
Benny Hinn, the Israeli-born US television evangelist, was denied entry to the UK over the weekend.
The star of TV’s ‘This is Your Day’ and regular performer of stadium filling ‘Miracle Crusades’ was refused on grounds that he failed to comply with the latest immigration regulations which came into effect last November.
The UK...
