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The immigration signage in UK airports is still branded with the logo of the UK Border Agency over a year after the agency was abolished.
On 26th March 2013, Home Secretary Theresa May abolished the UKBA saying that it had developed 'a secretive and defensive culture' and was 'not good enough'.
Theresa May, the UK's Home Secretary, has told the BBC that it will be difficult to meet the government's target of reducing annual net immigration to below 100,000 by May 2015 but has said that she will continue to strive to do so.
The target stems from a commitment made by the UK's Prime Minister, David Cameron, in 2010 when he was the leader of the opposition before the last election. The government has committed itself to reducing net immigration from its then level of about 250,000 to below 100,000 by the next election in May 2015.
The victory of a right wing, anti-immigration candidate in a primary election in Virginia may spell the end for the hope for immigration reform in the US for the next few years.
In November 2014, elections will be held for all 435 seats in the House of Representatives. Before those elections are held, the Democrats and Republicans must decide who their candidates will be. They do this by way of primary elections.
Lord Bilimoria of Chelsea, the founder of the Cobra Beer company, has told a conference that the UK Independence Party (UKIP) is guilty of 'scaremongering' and 'misleading rhetoric' on immigration.
Bilimoria, who is himself an immigrant born in India, was speaking to the online newspaper The Huffington Post after appearing at the State of Small Business Britain conference, organised by the Enterprise Research Centre.
Theo Paphitis, a British entrepreneur and television personality, best known for his role on BBC TV show The Dragon's Den, says that immigration is 'a really important part of what makes [the UK] so brilliant'.
Mr Paphitis, who is an immigrant from Cyprus, also said that claims that immigrants take jobs from UK citizens are 'rubbish'. He said 'There is absolutely clear evidence, published many times, that the people that are signing on the dole can't or won't fill those roles so that's not the case.
More than 1,400 Chinese citizens who had their applications for Canadian permanent residence visas terminated when the Immigrant Investor Program was closed are suing the Canadian government.
The 1,400 are part of a class action launched in the Canadian federal court on 4th June 2014 after Canadian immigration minister Chris Alexander announced the closure of the program in February this year.
They have been joined by another 100 disappointed applicants from other countries including Turkey, the UK, South Africa and India.