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Criticism has been aimed at the Home Office after they advised two Indian Entrepreneurs, hoping to stay in Scotland, to contact candidates for the UK parliamentary elections rather than their local Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP).
The Scottish National Party (SNP) labelled the advice 'negligent' and 'ridiculous' because unelected parliamentary candidates have no special status when it comes to intervening in UK immigration matters.
The state opening of parliament in the UK last Wednesday saw the Queen deliver a speech prepared by prime minister David Cameron's team, in which she outlined the new Conservative government's agenda for their next five years in office. Among the announcements made in the Queen's Speech was a new immigration bill, which promises tougher measures to 'control immigration' and 'support working people'.
The bill includes several new proposals.
Kumar Sangakkara, a top Sri Lankan cricketer, took to Twitter recently with a series of tweets criticising a UK immigration official following a 'horrendous experience' at Heathrow Airport.
Such is his importance to Cricket in April 2015 the Sri Lankan Sports Minister had urged Sangakkara to continue to play in test matches. Despite pleas to stay on by the Minister and many others he no longer plays in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and will soon be retiring from Test cricket.
The University of Oxford's Migration Observatory (OMO) reported on May 14th that the limit on UK Tier 2 visas for skilled migrants was almost exceeded in the one year period ending April 2015.
Two Indian-Americans were arrested on 13 May, 2015 on suspicion of H-1B visa fraud. The arrests took place in New Jersey following a federal complaint claiming that they had been hiring foreign workers, mainly from India, without the skills and qualifications usually required for H-1B workers.
32-year-old, Hiral Patel, and 31-year-old, Shikha Mohta, employees of SCM Data Incorporated and MMC Systems Incorporated, face charges of conspiracy to bring in and "harbour aliens" and to pervert the course of justice.
Several immigration detention centres are to close on Christmas Island as announced in Australia's budget. The budget also confirms that there will be cuts in funding for the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and Refugee Council of Australia.
It's expected that the closures will save $555 million over the next five years as a result of consolidation of the Australian immigration detention centre network.