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UK immigration control - history

Senior businessmen ask for more immigration to UK

11:28 11/12/2013
Two high-profile UK businessmen have called on the government to relax immigration controls in the UK. On Sunday 8th December 2013, Sir Stuart Rose, formerly the chairman of the iconic British...

UK immigration announces 'business-friendly' visa changes

14:30 16/09/2013
The UK's immigration minister, Mark Harper, has announced changes to the UK's immigration rules designed to make the UK more attractive as a destination for international businesses. He also...

MPs say UK immigration backlog rose by 180,000 in a year

14:27 17/07/2013
The total number of cases in the UK's immigration backlog rose by 190,000 in the last three months of 2012 to over 502,000 cases according to the House of Commons' Home Affairs Committee (HAC). The...

Cabinet minister seems to support removal of students from UK immigration statistics

18:50 03/06/2013
The UK's Business Secretary, Vince Cable, has told an international educational conference that the inclusion of international students in the UK's immigration statistics and negative anti-...

UK immigration to bring in extra staff to deal with long queues

11:56 22/05/2012
UK Immigration Minister Damian Green announced that the UK Border Force will be recruiting an additional 70 staff at Heathrow Airport to deal with long queues. He said the staff would be brought in...

UK committee claims IRIS money would be better spent on immigration staff

13:24 11/04/2012
The UK Home Affairs Select Committee has criticized the money UK Border Agency's (UKBA) has spent on the IRIS biometric scanning system saying it would have been better used to pay for more...

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