Managed migration in United Kingdom
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Government ministers court controversy over depiction of asylum seekers and Muslims
Europe minister criticised for Muslim comments
1 August 2002 (202 words)
Protesters against asylum centres accused of xenophobia
Plans by the government to construct a network of up to 15 accommodation centres for asylum seekers across rural Britain have led to angry responses from residents, MPs and campaign groups.
1 August 2002 (372 words)
Racist statements by Conservative elected representatives
Shadow cabinet minister sacked
1 August 2002 (119 words)
Neo-Nazi BNP party gains in May local elections
In local elections in May, a neo-Nazi party scored the best result for an extreme-Right party since the 1970s.
1 August 2002 (258 words)
Blair fights far-Right with tough asylum measures
Following Jean Marie Le Pen's success in the French presidential elections, as well as the shock Dutch election results, the prime minister Tony Blair expressed the view that the far-Right can only be countered by taking on the electorate's fears over immigration and asylum.
1 August 2002 (455 words)
Language requirement for citizenship proposed
Following the government's announcement of a wide-ranging review of immigration policy, the Home Office minister Lord Rooker has proposed that a working knowledge of English be made compulsory for people applying for British citizenship.
1 October 2001 (195 words)
Work permit scheme to be extended
In a document 'Enterprise and the Productivity Challenge', the government has announced its intention to reform the work permit scheme to allow in more skilled foreign workers - from 54000 in 1997 to an expected 150000 in 2001.
1 October 2001 (84 words)
Concern as child asylum seekers disappear
A total of 71 child asylum seekers - the majority of them poor Nigerian girls - disappeared from the care of West Sussex social services (the area which covers Gatwick airport) between October 1995 and December 2000.
1 October 2001 (74 words)
African Nobel laureate slams airport harassment
The Nobel laureate, Nigerian Wole Soyinka, says that he may never again visit England because of the routine obstruction and harassment he faces from British immigration officials.
1 October 2001 (148 words)
The scandal of pre-entry controls
African actors excuded from Edinburgh festival
1 October 2001 (940 words)
Eurotunnel company wants army support
The government has turned down a request from Eurotunnel to deploy the Gurkhas, who are currently stationed at Folkestone, to 'deter and apprehend' 'illegal immigrants' attempting to 'smuggle themselves through the Channel Tunnel each night'.
1 October 2001 (73 words)
More work permits to be issued to key workers
The government will respond to acute shortages in key sectors by increasing work permits in 2001 by 40 per cent and introducing a fast-track work permit system to speed up recruitment of foreign workers by companies with severe skills shortages.
1 January 2001 (113 words)
UK embassy in Sudan flouts Geneva Convention
The Foreign Office has ordered its diplomats in Sudan to drop a scheme aimed at preventing asylum seekers leaving the country.
1 January 2001 (154 words)
Eurostar inquiry after migrants discovered at Folkestone
Eurostar has launched an inquiry after police found 13 men - all believed to be from Bangladesh - near the tracks at the Folkestone entrance to the Channel Tunnel.
1 January 2001 (87 words)
Stowaway on lorry falls to her death
In April, a woman of unknown nationality who was hidden in the articulated trailer of a lorry which had travelled from Europe to Dover died as she attempted to climb out when the Austrian driver pulled away from traffic lights in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex.
1 January 2001 (70 words)
The Dover 58
Dover deaths - facts, issues, aftermath
1 January 2001 (1477 words)
Inquest into death of asylum-seeker
An inquest has returned a verdict of misadventure following the death of Turan Pekoz who set himself alight on 12 March at a Croydon immigration centre after hearing that he was not to be reunited with his family.
1 June 1993 (73 words)
Progress of Asylum Bill delayed
During the debate on the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Bill, the House of Lords has succeeded in introducing an amendment.
1 April 1993 (68 words)
Immigration duties to be contracted out
According to an exposé in the Independent, the Home Office is considering handing over immigration controls at ports and airports to private companies as part of a general multi-million pound package of 'market testing' Home Office duties.
1 April 1993 (127 words)
'National security' deportation
The High Court has ruled that the home secretary's decision to deport Karamjit Singh Chahal, a Sikh separatist, from the UK 'for reasons of national security' and in the interests of the 'international fight against terrorism' was 'reasonable' and 'within his powers'.
1 April 1993 (159 words)
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