Category Archives: General UK Immigration News

In the report the IPPR and GDN reveal that: Migrants normally improve the standard of living in their home communities significantly by sending remittances back home. More than 50% of respondents sent money back to their homeland 70 to 90% of migrants are reported to have increased their real disposable incomes while abroad In Columbia […]

Following the historic Coalition Agreement the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats released a joint statement on future policies. On the issue of Immigration the two parties said “We have agreed that there should be an annual limit on the number of non European Union economic migrants admitted into the UK to live and work. We will […]

The Conservative / Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement Following the formation of the new Coalition Government the two parties released a Coalition Agreement statement which set out plans for the future. On Immigration the two parties said that “We have agreed that there should be an annual limit on the number of non European Union economic […]

David Anderson, a Labour Party candidate, has said that the decision to call time on the Identity Card scheme could mean the loss of 160 skilled jobs at De La Rue Systems in Blaydon. The company won a £400 million contract with the Government last year to make biometric passports and immediately announced plans to […]

The debate mainly focused on the economy however it did touch on UK Immigration. When the issue turned to Immigration Nick Clegg found his amnesty policy on illegal immigrants who have been living in the UK for at least 10 years under stinging attack by both David Cameron and Gordon Brown. Liberal Democrat Amnesty Proposals […]

The figures below show UK Employment figures by Country of Birth for; the Accession 8 Countries, the United States of America, Africa as a whole (excluding South Africa), South Africa, Australia & New Zealand, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Accession 8 (A8) Countries The Accession 8 countries (Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and […]

During the debate, which focused on foreign policy although touched on Immigration, David Cameron once again put forward his plans for a cap on immigration in the ‘tens of thousands, rather than the hundreds of thousands’. However, Mr Cameron was unable to say how many migrants would be allowed to enter the UK each year […]

The issue of immigration turned out to be one of the more significant subjects of the night, even though the majority of points had been covered in the previous week’s debate. In response to the attacks Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, said that his party was “the only party honestly facing up […]

The Liberal Democrats have said that ‘the UK Immigration system is in chaos after years of incompetent management’ and that the Government has ‘failed to plan properly for new migrants, making it harder for people to integrate’. Unlike the Conservatives the Liberal Democrats do not believe in the idea of an arbitrary cap on immigration […]

UK viewers can catch all of the action on Sky News. International viewers can tune in to C-SPAN (the US political website) which will be streaming the debate live on C-SPAN 3. The result of the General Election will be of major significance to UK Immigration policy. David Cameron has said that if the Conservatives […]