Immigration news

The UK Home Office is being urged to create a ‘coronavirus recovery visa’ for Britain’s hospitality sector, according to a report published by iNews. However, the Home Office is calling on employers to focus on training the domestic workforce. The call from leaders in the hospitality sector comes amid major staffing shortfalls across pubs and restaurants.

 

The British government has launched a consultation with a view to waiving UK visa fees for non-UK military personnel serving in the British Armed Forces. The consultation was recently launched by UK Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace and UK Home Secretary, Priti Patel. 

 

US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, is set to travel to Costa Rica on June 1 – 2 to meet with the President of the Central American country, Carlos Alvarado, to discuss US immigration issues. Blinken will also reportedly meet with representatives of Mexico, the Dominican Republic and other Central American nations on immigration matters.

 

British citizens have wrongly been sent letters by the Home Office warning them about their UK immigration status. Campaigners have said that the ‘scattergun’ mailshot sent to some long-term UK citizens highlights the government’s ‘couldn’t care less attitude’ and demonstrates that they have learnt nothing from the Windrush scandal. 

 

Low-income immigrant families in America shunned coronavirus pandemic benefits for fear that accessing them would affect their US immigration status, according to a new report published by the Urban Institute. Immigrants, particularly women, have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 induced recession.

 

More than a week after UK immigration enforcement officers attempted to detain two Indian men in Glasgow on suspicion of immigration offences, politicians in the city have urged the Home Office to stop the practice of dawn raids. However, the government agency has vowed to deport the two men that were freed after protesters swarmed an immigration vehicle.