Former hairdresser sentenced for people smuggling


Warren Hadfield, the Blackburn man who brought three illegal immigrants into the UK under the guise of being an escort and tutor, has been sentenced to 30 months in jail. Mr Hadfield is a 32-year-old former hairdresser was apprehended by immigration officials in the Livesey Hall Close home of his parents ...

Jungle closed by French Police


The French police have finally acted and rounded up hundreds of Iranian and Afghani refuges in an early morning raid on Calais’ notorious ‘Jungle’ migrant camp. UK authorities had earlier this week resisted calls from the U.N to accept some of the asylum seekers ahead of the planned closure by French ...

MP saves emigrant from setting himself on fire


A Liverpool MP, Louise Ellman, reportedly put her own life at risk, in order to prevent a self-immolation by an asylum seeker. The MP for Riverside has told of her brave act in stopping a 50-year-old man from setting himself ablaze following a meeting in her office in the Cotton ...

Underage illegal worker in social care following Plymouth restaurant raids


Two city restaurants have been raided by immigration officials in Plymouth leading to one young Chinese boy being placed in custody of social workers. The UK Border Agency raided the two businesses in England’s south-west where they found the eateries to be employing illegal workers. On the 17th of September, agency ...

Photographer’s assistant prevented from attending exhibition by Immigration


Nick Danziger, the well known photojournalist, has expressed his disgust at the treatment given to one of his assistants by UK immigration officials. 31-year-old Ethiopian Hiluf Berhe, an archaeology doctorate, accompanied Mr Danziger on his recent British Council adventure into France to act as translator and guide on an assignment to study ...

10 year ban for Nigerian visa fraud


The U.K immigration authority has imposed strict penalties on Nigeria in line with their ongoing passion to curtail illegal immigration. Nigeria has long been known for document fraud in the visa application process and the latest ban hopes to address the issue by working with local authorities on the ground ...

Unfair UK immigration points system is breaking up families claim SNP


The points-based system used by UK immigration is breaking up families according to the Scottish National Party. The SNP has spoken out and asked for changes to the system in which they claim inconsistencies are suffered by certain job types and annual income variances. The SNP’s calls for change follow the ...

UK rejects calls to help Calais Jungle camp


The U.K Government has rejected called from the United Nations Human Rights Agency UNHCR to take in some of the 2,000 refugees from the squalid Calais refugee camp referred to as The Jungle. Antonio Guterres, head of the UNHCR, had called on Britain to grant admission to some of the mainly ...
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