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Immigration Arrest Teams Operational Procedures Guidance

Immigration Arrest Teams Operational Guidance and Rules The UK Border Agency has teams of Immigration Officers (IO’s) who are trained to raid premises and arrest suspected immigration offenders as well as illegal immigrants. These Immigration Officers are at the forefront of the detection of immigration offences as well as enforcement. They have an integral role […]

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Tier 1 (General) Applications Close on 23 December 2010

Tier 1 (General) to close overseas from 23 December 2010 and new interim limit for Tier 2 set   21 December 2010 The UK Border Agency has announced that it will stop accepting Tier 1 (General) applications made overseas from 00:01 (UK time) on 23 December 2010. They claim that this is to ensure that […]

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Migrant Cap Ruling – High Court decides Government policy is Invalid

Migrant Cap Ruling – High Court decides Government policy is Illegal   Breaking News: Government caps on migrant workers introduced by the Home Secretary this summer have been ruled invalid by the High Court today in the first of several legal challenges to the attempt by the Government to stiffle immigration to the UK by […]

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UNHCR urges EU and FRONTEX to ensure access to asylum procedures

UNHCR urges EU and FRONTEX to ensure access to asylum procedures, amid sharp drop in arrivals via the Mediterranean This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 10 December 2010, at the Palais des Nations in […]

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Immigration

Immigration Cap should be scrapped – Law Society

Immigration cap must be scrapped, not tweaked, says Law Society The Law Society says the Government’s recent announcements on the immigration cap will not address the damage it causes to the UK’s competitiveness abroad. Following the Home Secretary’s speech on immigration to the Policy Exchange today, confirming that the cap for highly skilled workers will […]