A selection of recent media reports
Farage wins re-election as UKIP leader
The outspoken Eurosceptic politician Nigel Farage was on Friday re-elected leader of..
Yahoo! News UK & Ireland (05-Nov-2010)
MPs criticise immigration cap proposals
The Law Society has again urged the government to change course on immigration.
Law Society Gazette (Gazette reporter) (05-Nov-2010)
May pledges lower immigration cap for 2011
Fewer non-European workers will be allowed to migrate to the UK next year, the home...
FT.com - UK (05-Nov-2010)
Anger as Hamza keeps Brit status
HATE preacher Abu Hamza won a vital battle today in his bid to beat the boot from...
The Scottish Sun (SIMON HUGHES Chief Investigative Reporter) (05-Nov-2010)
Theresa May promises immigration crackdown
Home secretary says right of skilled workers and overseas students to apply for...
Guardian.co.uk (Alan Travis) (05-Nov-2010)
Immigration cap 'a headache' for UK companies
The Government's immigration cap is proving a "real headache" for companies,...
Yahoo! Finance UK (Emma Rowley) (05-Nov-2010)
Abu Hamza wins passport appeal
The British Government has failed with its appeal to strip Abu Hamza of his British...
Guardian.co.uk (05-Nov-2010)
Immigration cap risks becoming 'empty political gesture'
The immigration cap is in danger of becoming an empty political gesture if the.
Yahoo! Finance UK (Louisa Peacock) (04-Nov-2010)
Man who strangled girlfriend faces life sentence
A killer who escaped from custody after strangling his girlfriend 16 years ago and...
The Independent (PA) (04-Nov-2010)
The World Tonight on immigration
Immigration is one of the most sensitive issues in British politics.
BBC Blogs (Alistair Burnett) (04-Nov-2010)
Child trafficked into Scotland as sex slave
A CHILD trafficked into Scotland to be a sex slave is among a group of young victims..
News.Scotsman.com (By Gareth Rose) (04-Nov-2010)
Government wrong to exclude intra-company transfers from immigration cap
Comments attributable to Marilyn Davidson, Director of the Association of...
Recruitment International (04-Nov-2010)
Visa system 'may discriminate against Pakistanis'
The agency responsible for monitoring immigration may be discriminating...
Yahoo! News UK & Ireland (04-Nov-2010)
Diners' shock as three illegal workers arrested in lunchtime raid at May Sum restaurant
THE owners of a Chinese restaurant found to employ illegal workers claimed they did...
Hull and East Riding (04-Nov-2010)
Final immigration cap will not stop offshore IT workers taking UK jobs
IT workers from India and other offshore locations will continue to flood into the UK.
IT, Technology & Computing Blogs - ComputerWeekly.com (Karl Flinders) (04-Nov-2010)
NONSENSE TO CLAIM IMMIGRATION CAP WILL RUIN BRITAIN
THE recent hysteria over housing benefit has found an echo in the deepening row about.
Scottish Daily Express (Leo McKinstry) (04-Nov-2010)
Vince Cable wins immigration cap exemption: Thousands able to beat curb
Tens of thousands of foreign workers are to be excluded from the Governments...
Mail Online (James Slack) (04-Nov-2010)
David Cameron unveils 'enterprise visa' plans
David Cameron will promise to set up an "enterprise visa", allowing more UK...
BBC News UK (04-Nov-2010)
Company transfers exempt from migrant cap - Cameron
Thousands of employees of multinational companies will be exempt from the government's immigration cap, Prime Minister David Cameron has indicated.
BBC (03-Nov-2010)
Merkel defends 'multiculturalism has failed' comments
Chancellor Angela Merkel defended Wednesday recent comments that multiculturalism had.
Yahoo! News UK & Ireland (03-Nov-2010)
Comment
Response to the Home Affairs Committee Report on an immigration cap
3 November, 2010Sir Andrew said that "Nearly 100,000 work related visas were issued last year, a significant number compared to net immigration of about 200,000."
"We must, of course, continue to admit key people but economic migration must take a share of the necessary reduction in immigration if our population growth is to be brought under control," he added.
Briefing Papers
Proposals to Charge Fees for Immigration and Asylum Appeals
3 November, 2010The Ministry of Justice has recently published a consultation paper on proposals to start charging fees for certain categories of appeals against adverse decisions by the UK Border Agency on asylum and immigration applications. Such appeals are heard in the first instance by the First Tier Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber and by the Upper Tier Tribunal beyond that. Section 42(1) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, under which the Tribunals are established, empowers the Lord Chancellor to impose fees in respect of anything dealt with by the Tribunals. The consultation paper has been circulated to organisations such as the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association and other bodies concerned with the welfare of immigrants and asylum seekers or with assisting them in the conduct of their appeals. Responses to the consultation paper are invited and may be submitted up to 21 January 2011.
For the full document see Briefing Paper No 8.47
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