Immigration news

By Sanwar Ali: The immigration state is with us. At no other time in human history has there been such a huge flow of people moving to live in another country. The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed the changes in society. However, surely it is only a matter of time before migration continues again at a high level.  

Conservative Governments in the UK have tried to reduce immigration and have failed.

A controversial, Trump-era US immigration policy will be reinstated by current US President Joe Biden to comply with a court order. The ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy will be reintroduced in November, forcing asylum seekers heading for the US to remain in Mexico until their US immigration court date.

 

UK Home Secretary, Priti Patel, is threatening to suspend UK visas for citizens of countries that refuse to take back people deported from Britain. The threat has sparked fears of tit-for-tat visa suspensions targeting British citizens. Plans to give Patel the power to suspend visa services were contained in the controversial Nationality and Borders Bill.

 

By Sanwar Ali: Is the sponsor licence and UK visa system fit for purpose?  Now is surely an appropriate time to consider the situation further since the truck driver shortage, hospitality worker shortage, fuel shortage, supermarket shelves being left empty, farmworker shortage, etc, etc.  As many had feared since the end of the Brexit transition pe

US Republican representative for Iowa, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, has introduced the Preserving Employment Visas Act in the US House of Representatives in an effort to preserve unused employment-based visas from Fiscal Years 2020 and 2021. 

 

A disclosure log for Home Office procurement card transactions has revealed that UK Immigration Enforcement spent £6,757.52 on Domino’s pizzas to feed migrants arriving in the UK from France via the Channel. According to an analysis of Home Office spending conducted by the PA Agency, hundreds of pizzas were bought from the Dover branch of Domino’s in July.