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  Campaign officer for the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI), Mary Atkinson, said that the raids demonstrated just how ‘out of control the hostile environment has become.’ As well as the raids  on nursing homes, data reveals that the Home Office carried out more than 44,000 ‘intelligence-led’ UK immigration raids on private homes. However, less than one in six raids resulted in deportations, according to the JCWI.   Carers arrested mid-shiftMs Atkinson said: “Carer...

UK chancellor, Rishi Sunak, plans to launch a new UK tech visa for fintech workers following Brexit. Full story, here.

Indian workers work longest, earn the least Men work longer hours than women in both rural and urban areas, and for both men and women, the hours of work are longer in urban areas.Premium 3 min read India’s new draft labour codes, which envisage a shorter work week, may offer some flexibility to a small section of the country’s workforce. But it is not going to reduce working hours in a country that has among the longest working hours in the world Share Via Read Full Story For white collar ...

The UK Court of Appeal has ruled that a £1,000 child citizenship fee charged by the UK immigration department at the Home Office is unlawful. The Home Office charges £1,012 for a child to be registered as a UK citizen. However, processing an application costs approximately a third of that at £372.   The Home Office claims that the profit from the extortionate fee is used to ‘fund other areas of its work’. However, the Court of Appeal’s recent ruling found that UK immigration officials...

UAE’s Dulsco hires 500 employees, looking to add 450 more Waheed Abbas/Dubai Filed on February 20, 2021 With investment worth tens of millions of dirham, the company is also building new projects including a liquid oil refining facility in Jebel Ali and waste paper facility in Dubai. — Supplied photo In the skilled category, the company is looking for electrical and facility engineers as well as drivers for the transportation department and also workforce for the hospitality section...

UK immigration rules for EU construction workers could be reviewed a Lords minister has hinted. Full story, here.

UK immigration border staff have blasted Home Office plans to reintroduce fingerprinting by force on asylum seekers arriving on British shores from the Channel. A similar measure was scrapped in 2012 after sparking violence against Border Force agents and self-harm among asylum seekers who slashed their own fingerprints to avoid them being recorded.   The controversial plans would allow for the use of ‘reasonable force’ at ports in France and the UK to obtain fingerprints. The Home Office ...

According to the Immigration Services Union (ISU), which represents many of the Home Office’s UK immigration border staff have not been briefed on how a new hotel quarantine system, expected to begin today, will work. The new hotel quarantine system is being introduced to protect the UK from new COVID-19 variants.    The ISU claims that UK immigration officials have no idea if they will be expected to check to arrivals who have not properly declared their status or when and how those requir...

Research carried out by Privacy International (PI) has raised concerns over the level of involvement that technology companies have in the UK immigration border regime. According to Privacy International, private technology companies face little accountability for their development and deployment of various technologies used across UK borders.   A report published by PI, titled ‘The UK’s privatised migration surveillance regime’, contains details of the role that dozens of private tech f...

Some citizens of EU member states could pay more in UK work visa fees than other EU nationals, according to a report published by Politico. The report claims that citizens of at least five Eastern European and Baltic nations must pay more to obtain a work visa for the UK.   The Politico report states that citizens of 25 countries – including 21 EU member states – are subject to a £55 discount when applying for certain UK visas, including programs aimed at entrepreneurs, health care staff,...