Surcharge for non-EU visa applicants
People moving to the UK for work or study from outside the EU will have to pay an extra £50 on top of the visa fee. The two-year scheme, which…
Tag: immigration
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The number of Eastern European rough sleepers increases
Research from Homeless Link has shown an increasing number of people sleeping rough on the streets of London are coming from central or eastern Europe. The proportion of those from…
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England takes bulk of immigrant population
England is receiving a disproportionately high number of immigrants to the UK a cross party group of MPs has found. Between 1991 and 2007, 2.15 million immigrants arrived in England,…
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Britain should stop locking up child asylum seekers
England’s children’s commissioner Sir Al Aynsley-Green criticised the government’s policy of arresting children of failed asylum seekers and holding them in a detention centre before detention. He said that almost…
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Single person households set to rise
Within 20 years four in every 10 homes will be occupied by someone living alone, Communities and Local Government research has predicted. Singletons will outnumber any other kind of household…
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New Bill shakes up rights to citizenship
The new Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill was published yesterday in Parliament. The Bill limits full access to benefits and social housing to citizens and permanent residents and any foreign…
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Border Agency recognises children’s plight
A new code of practice laying down how young people should be treated during detention or while being transferred into local authority care came into force yesterday. The code will…
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Big rise in rough sleeping numbers
The number of rough sleepers in London has risen by 15 per cent in the last year, fuelled by an increase in Eastern Europeans who have lost their jobs and…
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Citizenship in the census
People are to be asked questions about their citizenship, national identity and understanding of English for the first time as part of the national census. In an effort to gain…
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Queue jumping immigrants a myth
A two-year investigation by the Equality and Human Rights Commission and the Local Government Association, whose conclusions will be released next week, has found that immigrants were not jumping to…