Tag: Home office
Have you heard of modern slavery in the UK Nigerian community?
A new pilot campaign launched will help tackle modern slavery within the Nigerian community in the UK. It will focus on helping those trapped...
Police volunteers to be given more powers
The Home Secretary has announced a package of reforms to the powers and roles of police staff and volunteers, enabling them to be designated...
New UK immigration service fees announced
The government has set out its proposed changes to the fees for visas, immigration and nationality applications and associated premium services for 2016–17.
Settlement, residence...
Communities celebrate Honours List 2016
The New Year’s Honours List in recognition of the achievements of a wide range of extraordinary people right across the United Kingdom included some...
Diplomat defends forced repatriations
Nigerian visitors must “play by the rules”
Britain’s High Commissioner to Nigeria has defended the Home Office’s decision to deport 48 Nigerians from the UK,...
Home Office to encourage police forces to become more representative
The Home Office published a force-by-force overview of the proportion of BME and female officers in each of the 43 England and Wales police...
Rich migrants give UK a wide berth
The Government’s zeal to cherry-pick investors to the UK appears to have led to a steep decline in the number of applications for Tier...
Tier 2 sponsors under May’s microscope
The Governments desperate bid to peg net migration figures to something resembling Prime Minister David Cameron’s ill-considered “tens of thousands” pledge is continuing apace...
Review ordered into ‘education tourism’
Education secretary Nicky Morgan has asked for an investigation into the impact of immigration on Britain's state schools.
Department for Education (DfE) officials have been...
Britain getting harder for illegal migrants
Illegal migrants will face a jail sentence for working in the UK, under measures to be included in the new Immigration Bill.
A new offence...
