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U.K.: Nationalist party draws support on halting immigration (Media-Newswire.com) - New evidence has revealed that the extreme right in Britain is only realising a fraction of its electoral potential. Dr Rob Ford from The University of Manchester found widespread support for radical BNP proposals such as the re-imposition of the death penalty, a total halt to migration and large expansions in police powers. . . . Dr Ford added: 'The salience of immigration has since 2006 been at or near the highest levels ever recorded by MORI since it began tracking public political priorities in 1974. 'Voters are also not impressed with the solutions offered by the main political parties in these areas and are losing faith in their general ability to respond to and resolve the problems they care about. Media Newswire

U.K.: Parties split over use of foreign workers at gas terminal European election candidates in Wales have reacted to unofficial strikes at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Pembrokeshire over foreign labour. There have been walkouts at other plants in... U.K.: Recession driving decline in east European migrants The recession has triggered a dramatic fall in the number of east European migrants coming to work in Britain, bringing to an end five years of mass immigration, official figures... U.K.: Fugitive gets 33 years in brutal slaying of Chinese couple A restaurant worker who lived on the run from immigration authorities was jailed for life today for the murder of a young Chinese couple who let slip details of their...

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U.K.: One-time 'mole' feels betrayed by shadow Imm. Minister

For more than a year Christopher Galley, a civil servant, had put his job on the line for the man who had become his political mentor, Damian Green, the Shadow Immigration Minister. Mr Galley, 27, the most prolific Tory mole...
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U.K.: Home Office rules take aim at shady immigration advisers

The UK Home Office is proposing tough new rules to tackle rogue immigration advisers. Historically, many immigrants have suffered at the hands of unscrupulous and dishonest immigration advisors. The proposals would give greater powers to the Office of the Immigration...
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U.K.: New points-based system affects student visas

The UK Border Agency has issued a reminder to would-be student visa applicants to check their UK visa letters before submitting their applications. Foreign nationals who want to study in the UK must apply for a visa under Tier 4...
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U.K.: Gov't toughens warnings against illegal residency

The British government is coming down hard on those who work and stay illegally in the country, so be forewarned. THE ad appeared a couple of times in The Star in March. The bold headline read: "The odds are definitely...
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U.K.: One in four working Brits contemplating emigration

Britain is experiencing the greatest exodus of its own nationals in recent history while immigration is at unprecedented levels, new figures show. In 2007, 207,000 British citizens - one every three minutes - left the country and currency specialist Foreign...
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U.K.: Immigration rules change threatens national health service

Patient safety could be put at risk because changes to immigration rules could force hundreds of junior doctors out of the NHS, a union warns. The British Medical Association said reform of the tier one skilled migrant category was unfair...
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U.K.: Restaurant owner fined for harboring illegals

A restaurant owner was ordered to pay more than £4,000 in fines and costs after people were found illegally living upstairs at his establishment. Shofique Uddin pleaded guilty at Wrexham Magistrates to breaching an emergency order at the Simla Restaurant,...
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U.K.: New rules planned to rein in rogue immigration advisers

Tougher rules to tackle rogue immigration advisers, including a 'yellow card' warning system for firms that do not meet the requirements, are to be announced today by the Home Office. Ministers propose to give the Office of the Immigration Services...
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U.K.: Labour MP faulted for failing to support motion on Gurkhas

Hendon's Labour MP has hit back at criticism over his failure to support a parliamentary motion to give Gurkha veterans settlement rights in the UK. Andrew Dismore has been branded a "hypocrite" by the prospective Conservative candidate for his seat...
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U.K.: Parliament says efforts to combat human trafficking inadequate

Britain is facing a resurgence of slavery in the form of a growing human trafficking problem that is not being properly tackled by the authorities, MPs warn today. Government ministers, judges and police officers are accused of failing to grasp...
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U.K.: Greece is popular launch point for illegal entrants

Standing on Europe's south-eastern frontier, Greece has become a vital stepping stone on the illegal immigration route to Britain. Every year more than 100,000 migrants from Asia, the Middle East and Africa flood on to the nation's sprawling coastline and...
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U.K.: Three immigration removal centre escapees still on the lam

Three men who have been missing from an immigration removal centre almost a year ago are still on the run. Seven detainees at Campsfield House in Oxfordshire escaped in June 2008 and while four were re-arrested 'fairly quickly', three remain...
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U.K.: Illegal entrants paying £10,000 to fly in on tourist planes

'Club class' illegal migrants are paying up to £10,000-a-head to fly to Britain on tourist flights via Ireland, it emerged today. While people smugglers charge between £500 and £1000 for places in the back of lorries and trains across the...
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U.K.: Imm. Minister admits gov't underestimated E. European influx

Mr Woolas said the accession of Eastern bloc nations to the European Union is still having a 'significant' impact on public services in the UK. Ministers vastly underestimated the scale of immigration, running into hundreds of thousands of new entrants,...
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U.K.: Ten arrested in anti-terrorism raid may have al-Qaeda ties

The men arrested during anti-terror raids across the North West last month included members of a British-based network linked to al-Qaeda attack planning, an immigration hearing was told yesterday. All 12 of those who were detained in Greater Manchester, Liverpool...
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UK: Protesters against deportation stage blockade near airport

Campaigners protesting against the forced mass deportation of Iraqi refugees blockaded the Colnbrook detention centre near Heathrow today. A chartered flight is due to depart from the airport today carrying about 60 failed asylum seekers, including 45 from Colnbrook, to...
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U.K.: 'What Did Manchester do to Deserve the ID Card Trial? ' Vicki Woods

By Vicki Woods From the minute David Blunkett raised the topic, I've never met anyone who wants one. Jacqui Smith says they'll cost £30 - but that is a 'capped' cost and will only last two years, after which she...
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U.K.: Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants - Austen Ivereigh

The Strangers into Citizenship campaign is calling for regularisation of some of the UK's illegal immigrants - a humane and practical move By Austen Ivereigh Regularisation is the humane and practical solution. Combined with border-enforcement measures, such as those the...
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U.K: Imm. Minister promises review of Gurkhas' cases

The immigration minister said that the Government was legally required to send the letters to at least five former soldier this week, but said their cases would be reviewed when new rules are devised. Mr Woolas was speaking on the...
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U.K: Three Indian illegals allegedly ran 'mother of all visa scams'

Three Indian illegal immigrants have been accused of running the biggest visa scam in British history, allowing foreign nationals to enter Britain using fake documents. Ringleader Jatinder Sharma, 44, has pleaded guilty to a raft of immigration offences. His alleged...
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U.K: Indian, Filipino accused of running fake document factory

Two foreign nationals were jailed today for four years each for their roles in running the largest ever passport forgery factory in the UK. Mandip Sharma, 34, from India, and Brando Sibayan, 38, from the Philippines, pleaded guilty at Leicester...
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U.K: Three Indian illegals accused of running 'fraud factory'

Three Indian illegal immigrants have been accused of running the biggest visa scam in British history. Ringleader Jatinder Sharma, 44, whose firm provided its customers with fake degree papers, references and CVs to help them enter Britain illegally, has already...
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U.K: Smugglers use Heathrow 'children's home' to aid sex, drug trades

People smugglers used a council-run residential unit near Heathrow as a 'clearing house' to move dozens of young Chinese into Britain for prostitution or work in the drugs trade. At least 77 youngsters from China have gone missing since March...
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U.K: Gov't presses ahead with controversial ID card plan

Britain is to go ahead with controversial plans for identity cards. People living in Manchester, in England's north-west, will be the first asked to volunteer to apply for the cards, which the Government hopes will help fight terrorism, organised crime...
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U.K: Longtime resident branded 'illegal alien' after taking foreign holiday

A man has been branded an illegal alien - after living in Scotland for almost 63 years. Arnold Good was born in Canada but came back across the Atlantic aged three months when his war bride mum split from his...
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U.K: Three Indian illegals ran large-scale visa fraud ring

Three Indian illegal immigrants masterminded the single biggest visa scam seen in Britain, a court heard today. The gang ran a fraud factory creating thousands of counterfeit documents enabling hundreds to cheat border controls, Isleworth Crown Court in West London...
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U.K: Pakistani men accused in bomb plot appeal deportation

The men, most of whom arrived on student visas, have lodged cases with the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) arguing that they could be tortured if they were returned to Pakistan. All the detainees, who can apply for bail, have...
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U.K: P.M. expected to resolve Gurkah residential issue by end of month

Gordon Brown will come up with a solution to the Gurkhas issue by the end of May, Joanna Lumley said today. Following a half-hour meeting with the prime minister in the House of Commons this afternoon, the actor and campaigner...
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U.K: Fewer Japanese tourists visiting country

Kyodo News, May 7, 2009 LONDON - Japan has taken the title of 'fastest declining market' for the British tourist industry, according to an analysis of data over the last eight years. Japan beat the likes of Argentina, Venezuela, Mexico...
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U.K: Gov't publishes international 'least wanted' list

Islamic extremists, white supremacists and leaders of a Russian skinhead gang were among people barred from entering Britain on the grounds that they would promote hatred, terrorist violence or serious criminal activity, the government said Tuesday. In an unprecedented move,...
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