Pauline Hanson, Australia’s most famously anti-immigration politician, has announced that she is emigrating to Britain, mainly because as her home country allegedly no longer holds any opportunities for her.
Hanson’s revealed the move in an interview with Australian Woman’s Day magazine, where the often controversial and polarising figure detailed the sale of her house in Queensland [...]

Popularity: 24%

Filipino nationals, or Pinoys, living in the UK are being urged by their government to update their passports.
The traditional green hand-written Philippine passport will soon be a thing of the past as the March 31st date issued by the international Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) for the end of non-machine readable passports draws ever closer. From [...]

Popularity: 41%

Immigration authorities suspend 140 UK Colleges

Posted on: January 26th, 2010 Posted by Helen Young

The UK Government has announced that in the past six months alone there have been 15 colleges shut down and a further 140 suspended for breaching immigration rules.
In the period since march 2009 all of the British educational facilities that hope to attract students from outside the EU have been forced to seek approval from [...]

Popularity: 37%

Illegal workers employed by the UK Government

Posted on: January 25th, 2010 Posted by Andy Scott

Some of the UK’s most sensitive senior offices have been accused of employing scores of illegal workers.
Under the Freedom of Information Act a British newspaper was able to source information which indicated that in the past four years various NHS trusts, councils and Whitehall departments have hired some 349 illegal migrant workers.
The Home Office itself [...]

Popularity: 19%

UK allows immigrant killer to remain

Posted on: January 25th, 2010 Posted by Adam Owens

The Home Office has advised that an immigrant from Iraq who murdered two doctors has won his right to remain in the UK.
Paranoid schizophrenic, 41-year-old Laith Alani, was afforded the right to stay in Britain following a ruling by the judge in the case that if sent back to his homeland he would represent a [...]

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The ramifications of the Christmas Day terrorist attempt on a US-bound plane are still being felt in Britain, more so following the announcement by Gordon Brown on Wednesday that the aviation industry will be subjected to yet more security protocols. The failed bombing attempt of the Detroit flight has sent security measures across the globe [...]

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A Muslim activist in Kenya is facing charges of deliberately inciting violence following the rally held in support of notorious hate-cleric Abudullah al-Faisal which descended into chaos last Friday.
Al-Amin Kimathi was the organiser of the rally which expressed anger at the planned forced deportation of the preacher Abudullah al-Faisal but denies charges of inciting violence.
The [...]

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Marginal seats to be decided by immigration policy

Posted on: January 19th, 2010 Posted by Beth Williams

The next general election is looming large and the contentious issue of immigration will likely dominate the eventual results, none more so in the dozens of marginal seats which could decide the outcome.
While the incumbent Labour government has ruled out any capping of immigration numbers this will in all probability change under the Conservatives. The [...]

Popularity: 17%