“Changes to the Immigration Rules, which came into effect today, will make changes to the current criteria for the admission of sole representatives of overseas businesses coming to the United Kingdom for the purposes of establishing a branch of that business. These changes will also re-introduce provision for representatives of overseas media businesses.”
UK Border Agency, 1st October 2009
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Baroness Scotland, the Attorney General, has been fined £5,000 for employing an illegal immigrant as her housekeeper.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Baroness Scotland, the Attorney General, is likely to be fined for employing an illegal immigrant as her housekeeper, it has been claimed.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An immigration group has condemned UK Border Agency powers following a report of a raid on the home of a Tongan ex-employee of the attorney general.”
BBC News, 21st September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The attorney general sacked her housekeeper last night amid claims the woman had overstayed on a visa and was no longer legally entitled to work in the UK.”
The Guardian, 17th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A married Canadian woman is due to fly out of Heathrow later under imminent threat of deportation from the UK.”
BBC News, 9th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A raft of new government measures will ensure that resident workers can have every opportunity to fill vacancies before they are offered to workers abroad, the Home Secretary announced today.”
UK Border Agency, 7th September 2009
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Firms will have to advertise jobs in Britain for at least a month before they can offer them to workers from outside Europe.”
The Guardian, 7th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Alan Johnson, the home secretary, will tomorrow unveil plans to restrict British jobs going to skilled workers from overseas amid concerns about the impact of the recession on attitudes towards immigration.”
The Observer, 6th September 2009
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
“Ministers were facing accusations today that hundreds of children are being held unnecessarily in immigration detention centres as official figures revealed, for the first time, that 470 minors were being detained with their families.”
The Guardian, 30th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has published a report answering two questions put to it by the Government earlier this year.”
UK Border Agency, 19th August 2009
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Tighter restrictions to curb the flow of skilled immigrants coming to Britain from outside Europe were recommended by a government committee yesterday in an effort to safeguard the position of British workers in the job market.”
The Times, 20th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Refugees deported from Britain are at risk of ill-treatment and abuse by immigration officers and security guards, a damning report into the system for removing immigrants and failed asylum seekers has found.”
The Independent, 13th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A judge who described Britain’s immigration system as ‘completely lax’ is to face an official investigation, it was revealed today.”
The Independent, 4th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk</a'
“Judge Ian Trigger has described Britain’s immigration system as ‘completely lax’ and claimed it partly contributed to rising national debt.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“UK Border controls were strengthened today as thousands of customs and immigration officers, sharing wide ranging powers, created a new unified force at the border following Royal Assent of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009.”
UK Border Agency, 22nd July 2009
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“MPs have taken up the case of two young newlyweds who are being forced apart as an unintended consequence of a new immigration law aimed at protecting Asian women from forced marriages.”
The Guardian, 24th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 published
Full text of Act (PDF)
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“Private colleges should face compulsory regulation to prevent ‘bogus’ institutions from operating as a front for illegal immigration, a parliamentary committee recommends today.”
The Times, 21st July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two Bournemouth businesses have been fined a total of more than £40,000 for employing illegal workers.”
UK Border Agency, 16th July 2009
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
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