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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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 [...]

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It now seems that many people are saying that emigrants in Britain are facing unethical and discriminatory treatment. According to the HSMP Forum, authorities are forcing emigrants to pay excessive fees for Home Office services.
The HSMP Forum went on to say that emigrants in the UK demand fair treatment from the Home Office. However, starting [...]

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The Home Office has just unveiled a new points system for any emigrant that is seeking British citizenship. According to this new system, UK nationals will no longer be automatic after five years. This new system comes into affect as the government introduces a passport points scheme in response to the worsening recession.
This new controversial [...]

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A mistake by the Home Office has now left a surgeon with no passport, thus, disrupting his career plan. This simple mistake or blunder as it is being called was caused by a computer.
Dr Rajarshi Bhattacharya from Gosforth, Newcastle came to the UK about 10 years ago from India. Ever since coming to the UK [...]

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The number of people who are coming to the UK to claim asylum has shot up. Official figures show that asylum applications have increased by almost 27% for just the first three months of this year. The Home Office figures, between January and March, show over 8,380 asylum applications. This is the highest number since [...]

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Asylum seekers who came to the UK in order to escape their own countries are now winning the right to stay. The court is saying this is because of a “shambolic” failing on the new emigration hearing system.
Almost hundreds of appeals are now going through without any kind of representative from the Home Office. The [...]

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The Council of Europe has announced that Britain’s new policies regarding asylum and immigration seekers could be a threat to human rights.   In order to avoid human rights issues the council recommended that the UK should put a maximum time on how long detainees can be held and to limit the number of “administrative detentions.”
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