UK Immigration News

More than one million undocumented immigrants in Britain will be able to access coronavirus vaccines regardless of their UK immigration status, the government has announced. Under current UK laws, any person is allowed to register with a doctor and access free, frontline medical care irrespective of their UK immigration status.

 

According to the Oxford University-based Migration Observatory, UK immigration data has been skewed by the coronavirus pandemic. A report published by the Observatory claims that the Home Office can no longer keep track of who has entered the UK and who has left. 

 

Some citizens of EU member states could pay more in UK work visa fees than other EU nationals, according to a report published by Politico. The report claims that citizens of at least five Eastern European and Baltic nations must pay more to obtain a work visa for the UK.

 

The row around visa-free travel for UK and EU musicians could be ended by changing one UK immigration rule, according to campaign group UK Europe Artswork. Founder of the group, Ian Smith, has urged the Home Office to exempt EU musicians from needing a certificate of sponsorship to enter the UK.

 

The row over visa-free travel for musicians between Brussels and Westminster escalated recently as UK Culture Secretary, Oliver Dowden, unleashed a furious attack on the EU. Dowden accused Brussels of being ‘absurd and self-defeating’ over the issue and pledged to support the UK music industry.

 

An investigation conducted by VICE World News has revealed that British MPs have used a UK immigration hotline to report violations 151 times during the coronavirus pandemic. The investigation has raised questions over whether MPs are reporting their own constituents.