It now seems that Senior Home office officials will be questioned this coming week over allegations that a woman inside Yarl’s Wood emigration detention center was assaulted by staff using a riot shield. Right now there are detainees inside the Bedforshire center who claim that they witnessed the woman being beaten down and injured.
Although things [...]

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New announcements from the Home Office state that they will be cutting down on the number of visas that are offered. On top of this, these few visas will only be given to those who are able to speak passable English.
The number of student visas could be cut by tens of thousands under this new [...]

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Reports now show that the Home Office is actually failing to comply with its very own policies on the detention of children that are seeking asylum. According to a lawyer specializing in civil rights cases, Soclicitor Foiona Murphy, children involved in asylum cases are being held in prison type conditions.
Ms Murphy went on to make [...]

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Fresh Home Office statistics have revealed that dozens of applications have been coming in from people who are claiming persecution in the United States. It is said that anyone can prosper in the United States, but these applicants do not say it so.
Over the past few years, Home Office statistics show that between 2004 and [...]

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A new government programme that aims to track the movements of all travelers in and out of the UK may be prevented from roll out due to fears over its legality.
According to European Union law, countries within the EU are required to allow citizens from within the union free movement across its borders. The UK [...]

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It now seems that the Home Office has announced that cash and aid repatriation packages worth up to £6,000 are to be offered to failed asylum seekers if they choose to voluntarily go back to Zimbabwe. The emigration minister, Phil Woolas, said that the first steps would be taken this autumn towards forcibly returning more [...]

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The recession has affected passport demand, with a fall of some 10% being recorded over the past two years. According to a recent parliamentary report the economic downturn has led to more Britons renewing at the last moment or staying at home.
The Identity and Passport Service has had to reduce its staffing levels accordingly, the [...]

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The latest migration predictions for the UK have been challenged by experts who argue claims that Britain will reach 70 million by 2029. The figures, released this week, suggest that immigration and a rising birth-rate will see a population boom.
However, migration officials have denied the claims saying that the projections are based on the past [...]

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