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Latest Migration Statistics Quarterly Report
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The Office for National Statistics has published its latest Migration Statistics Quarterly Report, which contains provisional estimates of international migration for the year ending December 2013. The report...

 gives an interesting insight into UK immigration trends, and shows that 526,000 people immigrated to the UK over the period and 314,000 people emigrated from the UK, leaving a net migration figure of...

Human rights concerns over Immigration Bill
By Richmond Chambers -

A recent report from the Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights has raised concerns over certain provisions contained within the Government’s Immigration Bill. The provisions in question relate to restrictions...

 on people’s ability to rent or occupy private property based on their immigration status. While the Committee accepts that these provisions have been included to achieve a legitimate aim –...

Government publishes response to civil penalty illegal working scheme
By Richmond Chambers -

The Government's response to the public consultation on 'Strengthening and simplifying the civil penalty scheme to prevent illegal working' was published yesterday (10/10/13). Increased enforcement activity by...

 the new Immigration Enforcement Directorate (with more than double the number of civil penalty notices being issued for the period April to August this year compared to last) has already underpinned the...

Review of migrant employment in low-skilled work
By Richmond Chambers -

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has launched a call for evidence in relation to a commission it has received from the Government. The commission asks the MAC to advise on the reasons behind the growth of...

 migration into low-skilled jobs, how this migration has evolved and the labour market, economic and social impacts of this migration on the UK and specifically on British workers. This commission will focus...

Government consults over immigration reforms
By Richmond Chambers -

The Government has recently launched a series of consultations over proposals to toughen civil penalties against employers who take on illegal immigrants, and to reduce illegal migrants’ access to free NHS care...

 and rented accommodation. The proposals will apparently form part of the Immigration Bill, which the Government intends to introduce to Parliament later this year. Tackling illegal working With regards to...

The risks of employing illegal workers
By Richmond Chambers -

The Risks

 The Risks

Changes to the Immigration Rules following the Supreme Court decision in Alvi
By Richmond Chambers -

In R (on the application of Alvi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 33 the Supreme Court held that the UK Border...

 Agency cannot refuse immigration applications purely because of Policy Guidance that is not contained in the Immigration Rules.

Making immigration work for Britain
By Richmond Chambers -

The creation of a sustainable selective immigration system that encourages the brightest and best to come to the UK has been reaffirmed by Immigration Minister Damian Green.

 The creation of a sustainable selective immigration system that encourages the brightest and best to come to the UK has been reaffirmed by Immigration Minister Damian Green.

Major study into human trafficking
By Richmond Chambers -

A lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University is to undertake a study into the public’s attitude towards the problem of human trafficking – and how consumers’ spending habits contribute towards it.

 A lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University is to undertake a study into the public’s attitude towards the problem of human trafficking – and how consumers’ spending habits contribute towards it.

Migration and unemployment
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Recent research by the National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR) into the impact of immigration on the UK labour market has revealed that increased immigration was not associated with increases in claims for Jobseekers Allowance.

 Recent research by the National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR) into the impact of immigration on the UK labour market has revealed that increased immigration was not associated with increases in claims for Jobseekers Allowance.

Call to open EU labour markets to Bulgarians and Romanians
By Richmond Chambers -

A recent European Parliament resolution has said that all EU Member States should lift labour market barriers to Bulgarians and Romanians. It...

 states that there are no real economic justifications for restricting their fundamental right to work and reside in any EU Member State.

Extension of employment restrictions
By Richmond Chambers -

Controls to restrict how Bulgarian and Romanian nationals access the UK labour market are to be extended until the end of 2013. This means Romanian and...

 Bulgarian (EU2) nationals seeking to work in the UK will continue to require permission from the UK Border Agency before they can work in the UK.
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