“The high court has upheld a government rule requiring spouses to prove they can speak English before they can join their partners in Britain. Mr Justice Beatson dismissed a judicial review challenge brought by three couples to the immigration rule introduced last November on the grounds that it was racist and would break up their families.”
The Guardian, 16th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Church of England vicar from Rochdale has admitted carrying out sham marriage ceremonies to allow illegal immigrants to gain the right to stay in the UK.”
BBC News, 13th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The UK Border Agency says ‘tighter controls’ will be introduced to stop some Eurostar passengers being able to enter the UK without passport checks.”
BBC News, 8th December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Local authority cuts have hit some areas of London hard, and further cuts would have disastrous consequences.”
The Guardian, 6th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government is taking legal action over rules it says would allow non-EU nationals in the UK to claim benefits without working or paying taxes.”
BBC News, 1st December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Immigration officer falsely granted indefinite leave to remain to 44 non-EU nationals who were not entitled to stay in the UK.”
The Guardian, 25th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Migrants are denied the right of access to the court if they are given under 72 hours’ notice of their removal from the UK, the Court of Appeal ruled yesterday. The judgment frustrates the UK Border Agency’s aim to win permission for zero-notice removals.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A bride and groom who were arrested on their wedding day have been jailed for trying to breach immigration laws after the marriage was exposed as a sham.”
BBC News, 16th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two thirds of foreign wives could be banned from coming to the UK under plans to stop them being a burden on the state, the Government’s immigration advisers said today.”
The Independent, 16th November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Official admits he issued indefinite visas to people who should not have been allowed to stay in the UK.”
The Guardian, 10th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Theresa May will come under pressure on Monday to disclose whether any terror suspects are believed to have entered the country when border controls were secretly relaxed this summer.”
The Guardian, 6th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The UK Border Agency today reiterated the need to hold families for short periods at UK ports and airports in small numbers of cases in order to act in the interests of vulnerable children and protect the border.”
UK Border Agency, 17th October 2011
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“After promising last year to end child detention in failed asylum cases – and closing the notorious Yarl’s Wood unit – the government opened a smart new centre for deportees. But isn’t this still detention?”
The Guardian, 17th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“As many as 2,000 children a year, including many unaccompanied by an adult, could be detained each year at the UK’s borders despite government promises to end child detention.”
The Guardian, 16th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“With good reason, the supreme court has declared unlawful a ban on under-21-year-old spouses coming to the UK.”
The Guardian, 13th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An immigration rule designed to deter forced marriages, which prevented the granting of leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom as a spouse if either of the parties to the marriage was aged under 21, was an unjustified interference with the right to family life.”
WLR Daily, 12th October 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Today Prime Minister David Cameron outlined the government’s plans to get a grip on immigration into Britain. The Prime Minister set out changes to work, student and family migration routes to tackle abuse and ensure that those coming to Britain will be good for the country and drive economic growth.”
Home Office, 10th October 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“A government ban on non-EU foreign spouses under the age of 21 entering the UK is unlawful, judges have ruled.”
BBC News, 12th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man detained by the immigration authorities for four years and seven months while they tried to deport him to Morocco is claiming damages for unlawful detention after the high court ruled his incarceration was “self-evidently unreasonable”.”
The Guardian, 6th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The home secretary is wrong,the decision not to deport an illegal immigrant had nothing to do with the pet cat.”
The Guardian, 4th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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