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info@commonwealthcontractors.comLast week Italy was given a warning by Germany, France, Russia and Switzerland over the country’s decision to grant more than 25,000 Schengen Visas to Tunisian economic migrants who have been fleeing the country on fishing boats in droves since the start of the year. The European Commission President, Jose Manuel Barroso, has also called […]
Category Archives: General UK Immigration News
Lord Digby Jones said that “I can’t see why if I find a computer expert in Auckland, New Zealand or a video games expert from Vancouver, they cannot come to my country, build a career, bring their families and pay tax. They speak English. But what’s now being said is ‘No they can’t\’. But if […]
Change to Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa Rules Mr Wessels, who is the son of former Australia and South Africa batsman Kepler Wessels, has signed a two year contract with Nottinghamshire Cricket Club last week however the move prompted the England & Wales Cricket Board to contact the UK Border Agency to express concerns. Last week […]
In response to Mr Clegg’s comments the Shadow Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, said that ‘The Tory-led Government\’s immigration policy is now in utter chaos. Ministers need to explain urgently what on earth their immigration policy now is and whether cabinet ministers are actually prepared to deliver it or not. We still don\’t know whether David […]
Professor Becker said that ‘The proposal is that governments should sell the right to immigrate. The government should set a price each year and anyone would be accepted, aside from obvious cases such as potential terrorists, criminals and people who are very sick and who would be immediately a big burden to the health system.’ […]
Speaking to the BBC earlier in the day Mr Cable said that “The reference to the tens of thousands of immigrants rather than hundreds of thousands is not part of the coalition agreement; it is Tory party policy only.” Questioned in Manchester later in the day Mr Cable went on to say that “I don\’t […]
We have provided below the full text of the speech that the Prime Minister will deliver today. — A year ago, we were in the middle of a general election campaign. And there was one message I heard loud and clear on the doorstep: we want things to be different. People said they wanted a […]
So far this year 25,000 Tunisians (who are considered ‘economic migrants’ rather than ‘asylum seekers’) have landed on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, with many more expected to make the trip in the near future. Tunisians have been leaving the country in great numbers following the ousting of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in […]
To email a question to Damian Green use the following email address; asktheminister@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk To send a message via Twitter use @ukhomeoffice and the hashtag #askdamiangreen Please note that not all questions will be able to be answered by Damian Green due to the expected volume of questions. The UK Border Agency, Home Office & Immigration […]
Under the new system employers will only be able to bring in 20,700 skilled or highly skilled people from outside of the European Union under Tier 2 (General) with a further 1,000 visas available for people of exceptional talent (e.g. Nobel Prize winners etc) under Tier 1. The Coalition Government hopes the new scheme, along […]