UK Home Secretary criticised forcensoring immigration report

Opposition politicians and immigration activists criticised the UK's Home Secretary on 8th August 2013 after she used her powers to redact or censor a report by the country's Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, John Vine.The shadow immigration minister, Chris Bryant, asked 'what possible reason can there be for redacting elements of a report by a highly-respected independent inspector?' and concluded 'this is a cover-up to hide her own...

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Immigration responsible for much of UK population growth

Newly released figures show that the UK's population rose by 419,900 in the year to June 2012. Of this rise, about 40% (165,000) was caused by UK immigration and the rest by a baby boom in the UK. But analysis of the figures shows that many of the babies in that baby boom were born to first generation mothers and so immigration is responsible for a considerable proportion of this rise too.There were 813,200 births over the year. More than 25%...

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Australia: 457 visa holders to be charged for children's schooling

The Western Australian territorial government has announced that it is to charge 457 visa holders a fee of AUS$4,000 per year for every child educated in government-funded schools. The government hopes to raise $120m over four years by introducing the charge.The Western Australian state government treasurer, Troy Buswell, said that the fee was necessary because the numbers of such children has risen sharply through Australia Study Visa....

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Living in the UK is great

Britain has some brilliant history, museums, art galleries, places of interest and shops to visit. One of the best education systems in the world., Free NHS health care, Lots of employment opportunities. The Imperial brings many tourists of all countries visiting each year and most of them come to see Buckingham Palace. The Royal family gives London a great surge of prestige and history to its country, which makes it a great place to be proud...

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Immigration To Take Centre Stage At Next UK Election

Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps made a speech on 31st July 2013 which signals that the Conservatives intend to fight the next election as a party that is tough on UK immigration. The UK now has fixed term parliaments and so the parties know that the next election will be held in June 2015. While this is still nearly two years away, commentators say that Mr Shapps's speech can be seen as 'a drawing of battle lines for the election. Speaking...

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UK Government Split By Illegal Immigration Ad Campaign

A recent advertising campaign run by the UK's Home Office has caused a public disagreement between senior ministers in the UK's Coalition government. The campaign, which ran for a week and ended on 28th July 2013, was intended to persuade illegal UK immigrants to 'go home'. The Business Secretary Vince Cable said that the adverts seemed to have been designed 'to create a sense of fear in the British population'. Mr Cable said that Liberal Democrat...

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