Immigration news

The US immigration cases of families arriving at the US southern border with Mexico will be fast-tracked in immigration courts, the Biden administration has announced. Under the plans, families stopped at the border could be placed in expedited proceedings aimed at determining whether they can stay in America. 

 

More than 1,000 Afghan interpreters have won a battle to be granted UK visas. The UK Defence Secretary has announced that a total of 1,010 interpreters out of 2,850 who served British forces will have their UK visa applications fast-tracked. The move comes after they had their contracts terminated between 2001 and 2014, without the right to appeal the decision.

 

Recent US visa sanctions imposed on Ethiopia over atrocities in the Tigray region have been protested in Addis Ababa, with thousands gathering in the African country’s capital recently. Protestors at the rally criticized the United States and others in the international community who are voicing concerns over the violence in Tigray.

 

Ethiopian forces are currently hunting down the Tigray region’s ousted and now fugitive leaders, with troops from neighboring Eritrea joining forces with Ethiopia’s government, ignoring calls from world leaders to withdraw.

Amid calls from foreign NHS staff to overhaul UK immigration rules for adult dependent relatives, new data shows that fewer than 1 in 25 adult dependent relative visas are granted by the Home Office first time round. Senior figures in the NHS have described the data as a ‘slap in the face for hardworking doctors’, according to a report published by iNews.

 

US President Joe Biden wants to make moving to America ‘cheaper and easier’ by overhauling the US immigration system, according to a New York Times report. A 46-page document titled ‘DHS Plan to Restore Trust in Our Legal Immigration System’ outlines plans to reverse many of former US President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration policies.

 

Joe Biden’s nominee to lead United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), said she is targeting a huge reduction of the ever-increasing US visa backlog. Appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee during a nomination meeting recently, Ur Jaddou, vowed to ‘reduce US visa backlogs and ensure the long-term solvency of the beleaguered USCIS’.