Immigration to be key battleground in UK general election
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16:55 17/09/2014
There are still nine months until the UK's next general election. The main parties are preparing for a lengthy campaign and have already hinted at details of some of their policies, although their...
Infosys sued for favouring South Asian staff with H-1B visas over US employees
15:29 17/09/2014
The Indian outsourcing firm Infosys is being sued for discrimination in a US court. The case revolves around Infosys' use of H-1B 'specialty occupation' non-immigrant (temporary residence) visas...
Deputy PM: UK has scrapped plans to reduce immigration to 'tens of thousands'
11:26 17/09/2014
The UK's Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, says that the UK coalition government has scrapped plans to reduce annual immigration to below 100,000 annually. Mr Clegg, the leader of the Liberal...
UK's Chief inspector of immigration resigns
19:41 15/09/2014
John Vine, the independent chief inspector of the UK's borders and immigration services, has announced that he will leave his post on 31st December this year, six months before the end of his current...
Afghan immigrants found inside shipping container in UK
16:21 10/09/2014
A group of 35 illegal immigrants were found inside a shipping container last month, at Tilbury Dock, Essex, in the UK after dock workers heard screaming and banging from inside. When the container...
Australian immigration system subject to widespread visa fraud
11:53 10/09/2014
The Australian immigration system is said to be in disarray, after documents leaked last month show that the system has been subject to widespread fraud for a number of years. The documents, which...
