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The row over visa-free travel for musicians between Brussels and Westminster escalated recently as UK Culture Secretary, Oliver Dowden, unleashed a furious attack on the EU. Dowden accused Brussels of being ‘absurd and self-defeating’ over the issue and pledged to support the UK music industry.   British music industry representatives have urged the government to take ‘urgent action’ over the issue, amid fears that red tape under the current Brexit deal could have adverse implications ...

An investigation conducted by VICE World News has revealed that British MPs have used a UK immigration hotline to report violations 151 times during the coronavirus pandemic. The investigation has raised questions over whether MPs are reporting their own constituents. VICE World News uncovered the data from a freedom of information request.   The figures have sparked fears that MPs are sharing information about their constituents who have sought help over their UK immigration status. Charities...

BBC Radio 2 host, Jeremy Vine, launched a scathing attack on the EU after Brussels refused to renegotiate terms over a reciprocal visa between the UK and EU for touring musicians. During an interview on Channel 5, Vine said: “It’s their loss. The UK has the best music in the world.”   Vine expressed his dismay at how the bloc could agree a deal with the UK that would see bands such as The Vamps or The Rolling Stones unable to play live on the continent. Mr Vine said: “There is no way o...

The Home Office officially opened the new UK BNO visa route on 31 January, exclusively for Hong Kong nationals. Following controversial security laws imposed on the Special Administrative Region in 2020 by China, the UK government opened the BNO visa scheme to provide some three million Hong Kong nationals with a pathway to UK citizenship.   Despite repeated threats made by Beijing over the UK’s perceived interference in China’s affairs, Westminster has stood firm over its decision to intr...

  Meanwhile, 12% of survey respondents would like to see increased immigration to the UK, representing a 7% rise compared to February 2015 and a 9% rise compared to August 2019. A report published by the Socialist Worker, argues that the findings ‘expose the lie’ that the government’s racist UK immigration controls have popular support. Furthermore, the number of people wanting fewer immigrants has dropped from 67% to 49% since February 2015.   Increased empathy Ipsos Mori’s research ...

NHS leaders have warned that post-Brexit UK immigration rules will make visas difficult to access for care workers, sparking a potential shortage of staff. The NHS Confederation has urged government ministers to show ‘flexibility and pragmatism’ across the new system to prevent the flow of international care workers from drying up.   The NHS Confederation, which represents health organisations across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, fears that care workers from Europe and elsewhere in ...

According to a report published by The Guardian, EU citizens are being offered financial incentives to leave the UK. The report claims that EU nationals are being added to a voluntary returns scheme with the Home Office offering to cover the cost of flights and hand out £2,000 for resettlement.   The news comes with just over three months to the deadline for EU citizens to apply for UK settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme. Since 1 January, EU citizens have quietly been added to the v...

The Home Office has blasted prosecutors for applying the law in UK immigration cases, according to the chief of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). Max Hill QC claims that the government has ‘repeatedly criticised’ prosecutors for simply applying the law.    Mr Hill, the director of public prosecutions, recently defended rulings made for two UK immigration cases which reportedly irked Home Secretary, Priti Patel, who is trying to crackdown on irregular travel Britain. In the first ruling...

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The UK government’s controversial ‘immigration exemption’ from the Data Protection Act 2018 faces a further legal challenge from human rights groups. The case is set to be heard in the Court of Appeal on 23 February 2021. An initial legal challenge was launched in the summer of 2019.   According to a report published in Computer Weekly, a lawsuit has been filed on the grounds that ‘everyone, regardless of their nationality or residence, should have their fundamental rights and freedoms...