Immigration news

A UK immigration charity has said that it is considering legal action against the Home Office for ‘casting aspersions’ on two Indian nationals detained as illegal immigrants in Glasgow, according to a report published by The Independent. Lakhvir Singh and Sumit Sehdev were released from Border Force detention after crowds swarmed a van in which they were held.

 

US President, Joe Biden, met with six immigrants on May 14 as part of his plans for a US immigration overhaul. The six immigrants were brought to the US illegally and have benefitted from the Obama-era, Deferred Action for Child Arrivals (DACA) program, which protects them from deportation from the US.

 

Two men detained by UK Immigration Enforcement after protesters swarmed a UK immigration van have been freed. Campaigners hailed their release as a ‘victory for Glaswegian solidarity’ and told the Home Office that they had ‘messed with the wrong city’. The men were released back into their community following a day of protest.

 

It’s understood that Police Scotland intervened to free the men following a tense, day-long standoff between hundreds of local residents and UK immigration officials. 

Foreign entrepreneurs will have more access to a US immigration program that allows them to work in America after President Joe Biden revived the International Entrepreneur Rule (IER). The IER, which Trump attempted to kill during his time in office, was proposed by the Obama administration three days before he left office in 2017.

 

A voluntary survey sent by the Home Office at the end of April 2021 to more than 34,000 sponsors of workers is seeking information about employer time and costs associated with securing a sponsor licence, which enables them to recruit foreign workers on a skilled worker visa. 

 

The UK haulage industry has been left fuming by Home Office plans to increase fines for hauliers caught carrying illegal migrants into Britain. The new rule has been included as part of Home Secretary, Priti Patel’s, ‘New Plan for UK Immigration’. The current fine for haulage firms whose truckers are caught carrying illegal immigrants is £2,000.