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03 Feb 12
Outcry as UK immigration department privatises asylum seekers’ housing
The Government's intention to hand over the handling of temporary housing facilities for people applying for a UK visa or awaiting asylum to security firm G4S has caused concern among several academics.
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02 Feb 12
UK driving tests to be restricted to English and Welsh language only
After concerns that translators are helping immigrants cheat in their driving tests, UK ministers are reportedly planning to scrap rules which allow people to sit their theory tests in any of the 19 languages currently approved by the Driving Standards Agency.
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02 Feb 12
UK immigration minister says migrants must ‘benefit Britain’
In a speech to be given today at the Policy Exchange think tank, UK Immigration Minister Damian Green is expected to declare that immigrants must 'add to the quality of life in Britain' to be allowed in to the country.
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01 Feb 12
Asylum seekers trained to ‘act like children’ to fool UK immigration system
A British court has been told that human traffickers are encouraging young adult asylum seekers to claim they are children to UK immigration authorities in an effort to claim more benefits once they arrive.
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27 Jan 12
UK immigration report criticised over benefit figures
A recently released report which claimed UK immigration had reached such a startling level that over 350,000 migrants were claiming benefits has been rebuked by the UK's statistics watchdog.
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27 Jan 12
Nick Clegg failing in UK immigration pledge
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's pledge to stop children being held in any UK immigration detention centre has still not been fulfilled, despite it being stated in the Coalition Agreement.
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26 Jan 12
UK immigration practices attacked by MPs
A report by the Commons' Home Affairs Committee has claimed in a recently published report that UK immigration authorities have permitted unacceptable behaviour by private security guards.
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25 Jan 12
Rise in demand for primary school places blamed on UK immigration
The number of primary school children in the UK is expected to rise by 20% in the next decade, raising concerns about the burden placed on primary schools. Immigration think-tank MigrationwatchUK has been quick to place the blame on rising UK immigration.
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24 Jan 12
Man wins UK visa case despite charges of bigamy and drug-dealing
A 47-year-old Moroccan man has been allowed to stay in the UK despite having been charged with drug dealing and even bigamy.
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23 Jan 12
UK immigration process crippled by human rights claims
Despite UK Immigration Minister Damian Green's promise of a tough new stance on immigration, recent figures showing just 9% of detainees at one of the UK's 13 detention centres having been deported in its first five months have been blamed on human rights claims.
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