UK ministers considered barring children of illegal immigrants from schools
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17:35 03/04/2013
The Guardian, a national UK newspaper, has received a leaked email trail from UK civil servants which seems to show that UK ministers considered the possibility of preventing the children of illegal...
MPs quiz civil servants about UK immigration and visa services
13:25 03/04/2013
On Tuesday 26th March 2013, a committee of MPs interviewed two senior civil servants about the way the UK's immigration services will be run in future. The interview came just minutes after the Home...
Australian immigration cuts number of visitor and business visa types
15:34 02/04/2013
As of 23rd March, the Australian government has reduced the number of visitor visa subclasses from nine to five. Australian immigration minister Brendan O'Connor said it would simplify the system and...
Canadian immigration has cut permanent residence backlog by 40% since 2008
9:00 02/04/2013
The Canadian immigration minister Jason Kenney gave a somewhat self-congratulatory presentation at Mississauga, Ontario on March 26th 2013 in which he laid out the actions that his department had...
Main UK immigration body to be abolished because it is 'not good enough'
13:45 28/03/2013
The UK's Home Secretary, Theresa May MP, has told the House of Commons that the UK's main immigration authority, the UK Border Agency (UKBA), is to be split because it is 'not good enough'. She says...
UK immigration provides 'unacceptable service'
11:31 28/03/2013
A committee of MPs has issued a report about the UK Border Agency (UKBA) which states that its already poor performance is getting worse. The report says that senior staff should not receive any...
