Human sniffer dogs to be deployed at British airports
Human sniffer dogs are to be deployed at major British international airports in a strategy designed to improve UK airport security and international airline travel by combining the canine’s superior sense of smell with the human beings’ superior intelligence.
They are …
November 13, 2010
American ‘economic immigration’ into UK
Are we now seeing ‘economic immigration’ from America into the UK, are we seeing a bizarre variation of the ‘give me your … poor’ exhortation on the Statue of Liberty, with Americans now being the poor?
This occurred to me …
February 17, 2010
Detroit terrorist attack impacts on UK student visas
The number of overseas students granted visas to study in the UK is to be reduced in a move that is linked to the foiled Detroit terrorist attack.
British Home Secretary Alan Johnson is introducing more stringent requirements, including the requirement …
February 29, 2008
immigration points system
The UK government is now using a new system based on credits or `points’ to decide which workers from outside the EC (European Union) can immigrate into Britain
Potential immigrants will be graded according to their age, education, work experience and …
February 20, 2008
Visa system changes
The UK visa system will be changed in several ways this year
The British government’s immigration minister Liam Byrne said that his department could now check the fingerprints of anyone around the world, when they apply for a visa for the …
February 14, 2008
`Hot’ immigration rules
Immigration restrictions mean that many of Britain’s Indian restaurants are having to `curry on’ without genuine Indian waiters.
Most of the `Indian’ restaurants in Britain are owned and staffed by people from Bangladesh rather than from India, but it’s been more …
Corruption changes visa requirements
The UK looks set to change the visa requirements visitors to Britain from South Africa this year because of corruption.
South Africans previously did not require visas to enter the UK but in future visitors will have to apply for a …
February 13, 2008
New UK visa laws
Visitors from countries outside the EU may only be allowed to stay in the UK for only three months instead of six months, according to the British Home Office, which is responsible for controlling immigration to the UK.
The Home Office …
Cancer patient deported
The chief of the British immigration agency defended the decision to deport a cancer sufferer from Ghana back to her country by insisting that there were hundreds of similar cases each year.
Lin Homer, the chief executive of the Borders and …