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East European Immigration Slows

East European immigration slows BBC News Last Updated: Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 11:28 GMT 12:28 UK The number of Eastern European workers registering in the UK has dropped for the second quarter in a row. Official figures show 50,000, mostly … Continue reading

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Visa Rule Changes Put Care Homes On Alert

Visa rule changes put care homes on alert Philippine embassy says policy will hit its citizens MP warns of mass exodus of overseas workers Tania Branigan, political correspondent Monday August 20, 2007 The Guardian Elderly people could be left without … Continue reading

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10 Million Pounds Of Diana Fund To Help Asylum Seekers

10m of Diana fund to help asylum seekers By Caroline Davies The Telegraph Last Updated: 4:02am BST 20/08/2007 The Diana Memorial Fund is marking the 10th anniversary of the Princess's death by earmarking up to 10 million of its remaining … Continue reading

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UK Unemployment And Earnings Growth Both Fall

UK unemployment and earnings growth both fall Ashley Seager Wednesday August 15, 2007 Guardian Unlimited Unemployment fell in Britain in the latest three months while growth in average earnings slumped to a four-year low, official data showed this morning, showing … Continue reading

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Conservatives Tackle Forced Marriages

Conservatives tackle forced marriages By Graeme Wilson, Political Correspondent The Telegraph Last Updated: 2:38am BST 14/08/2007 Tough rules to stop British Asian women being pushed into forced marriages abroad were unveiled by the Conservatives yesterday. Around 300 cases are reported … Continue reading

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ID Cards Could Be A Big Brother Tax Trap

ID cards 'could be a Big Brother tax trap' By Christopher Hope, Whitehall Editor The Telegraph Last Updated: 2:35am BST 14/08/2007 Identity cards could provide a back door for the taxman to snoop on people's affairs using a database of … Continue reading

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IT Project In Hot Water Over IBM Role

IT project in hot water over IBM role By Sylvia Pfeifer, Sunday Telegraph Last Updated: 11:17pm BST 11/08/2007 The Government's flagship IT programme designed to tackle illegal immigration was facing controversy last night after it emerged that IBM, the American … Continue reading

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Is This A Plumber I See Before Me? Poles Take Centre Stage Without The Stereotypes

Is this a plumber I see before me? Poles take centre stage without the stereotypes This year there are a record number of shows by one of Edinburghs largest immigrant populations. Our correspondent meets the artists who are determined to … Continue reading

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Britain Employs 600 Iraqis Who Might Need Asylum, Not 20,000

Britain employs 600 Iraqis who might need asylum, not 20,000 Richard Beeston, Deborah Haynes and Michael Evans The Times Online August 9, 2007 Six hundred Iraqis would be eligible to settle in Britain if asylum regulations were relaxed for those … Continue reading

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Centre Escapees Search Continues

Centre escapees search continues All of the escapees have spent time in jail BBC News August 9, 2007 Police are continuing to hunt for 11 detainees who escaped from an immigration centre in Oxford. Twenty-six men fled Campsfield House in … Continue reading

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Biometric Checks Find Immigration Cheats

Biometric checks find immigration cheats Reuters Published: August 08, 2007, 23:08 London: The government said yesterday it had traced 6,000 potential immigration cheats through a new scheme to take fingerprints from visa applicants. Since the system came into force last … Continue reading

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‘Back Door Amnesty’ May Let Immigrants Stay

'Back-door amnesty' may let immigrants stay By Ben Leapman, Home Affairs Correspondent, Sunday Telegraph Last Updated: 1:44am BST 08/08/2007 Hundreds of thousands of failed asylum seekers may be allowed to settle permanently in Britain under a “back-door amnesty” scheme. (Photo: … Continue reading

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4000 People A Week Trying To Leave UK

4,000 PEOPLE A WEEK TRYING TO LEAVE UK Immigration is rife, but thousands are quitting Britain By Michael Knapp, Home Affairs Editor The Daily Express Sunday August 5,2007 Comment Speech BubbleBRITAIN is facing a mass exodus of people looking to … Continue reading

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Travellers Face Tighter Checks On Arrival In UK

Travellers face tighter checks on arrival in UK The Dominion Post Friday, 27 July 2007 New Zealanders and other foreign visitors are facing tighter checks on arrival in Britain as part of new anti- terrorism proposals. Kiwis will have to … Continue reading

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Gordon Brown To Send Foreign Criminals Home

Gordon Brown to send foreign criminals home By Toby Helm The Telegraph Last Updated: 2:25am BST 26/07/2007 Gordon Brown is hoping to more than double the number of foreign prisoners who are deported every year to around 4,000 to help … Continue reading

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Brown Announces Unified Border Force

Brown announces unified border force By staff and agencies The Telegraph Last Updated: 2:25am BST 26/07/2007 Gordon Brown has announced plans to set up the UK's first unified border force as part of his new terror strategy. Officers from the … Continue reading

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National Insurance Numbers For 2 Million Immigrants

National Insurance numbers for 2m migrants By Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor The Telegraph Last Updated: 2:25am BST 26/07/2007 More than two million foreign nationals have been issued with National Insurance numbers to work in Britain in the past four … Continue reading

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UK Gets 2.5 Million New Foreign Workers

UK gets 2.5m new foreign workers NI numbers are issued to those who have not worked in the UK before BBC News Tuesday, 24 July 2007 Two and a half million foreigners have moved to the UK to work since … Continue reading

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College Immigration Fronts To Be Targetted

College immigration fronts to be targeted Anthea Lipsett and agencies Tuesday July 24, 2007 EducationGuardian.co.uk The government is to crack down on fake colleges that enlist immigrants who come to Britain to work while pretending to be students, it has … Continue reading

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Minister Visits New Asylum Site

Minister visits new asylum site BBC News July 24, 2007 A ceremony to break the ground has been staged at the site of a planned immigration removal centre at Gatwick. Immigration Minister Liam Byrne visited the site where the Home … Continue reading

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