UK Immigration News

UK immigration staff are reporting that more than 100 people a day are trying to enter Britain with fake COVID-test certificates, according to the UK Immigration Services Union (ISU). During a parliamentary evidence session, UK Border Force personnel warned that it is ‘very easy’ to forge the documents – currently needed to enter the UK.

 

British businesses are being warned that UK visa right to work fines have returned. In March, guidance relating to right to work checks was updated by the Home Office. Amid the pandemic, the Home Office didn’t issue any right to work fines for most of 2020. However, in the final quarter of last year, 77 fines were issued.

 

Sanwar Ali: additional reporting and comments A new study claims that 100,000 more EU migrants arrived in the UK every year over the past 10 years than first thought.

Sanwar Ali: additional reporting and comments In a landmark ruling, the UK immigration court has held Home Secretary, Priti Patel, personally accountable for failing to ensure that deaths in UK immigration detention centres are properly investigated. Two judges in the court said that three of Patel’s detention policies violated human rights laws. "Cover ups" happen a lot more than people would like to think.  Governments and public officials do not in many cases want the truth to come out.

Sanwar Ali: additional reporting and comments Doctors are quitting the NHS in droves and heading overseas amid an ongoing row over UK visas for elderly parents.

Sanwar Ali: additional reporting and comments Travellers arriving at Heathrow airport in London are being forced to wait up to six hours to pass through UK immigration queues, according to an airport executive.