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Fire at immigration centre leaves two in hospital
An investigation is underway to try and determine the cause of a fire at an immigration detention centre near Oxford which left two people in hospital and resulted in detainees being moved.
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Scrap immigration texts say men targeted in error
Two British citizens have yet to find out why they were sent official-looking texts questioning their right to stay in the UK, even though they have lived here legally for decades.
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Lampedusa: redefining Italy’s conscience on immigration
As Italy declares a state of emergency following the Lampedusa disaster, Channel 4 News asks if social attitudes towards immigration are changing.
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FactCheck: Will the new immigration bill reduce illegal immigration?
Illegal migrants face a new crackdown in Britain says Home Secretary Theresa May, but will the new Immigration Bill actually reduce the number of migrants?
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Farage: immigration threat to ‘our way of life’
Nigel Farage addresses UK Independence Party delegates in London.
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Immigration minister: no apology for ‘Go Home’ van
Immigration minister Mark Harper tells Channel 4 News that the government will not apologise to people offended by the “Go Home” immigration van stunt.
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Ad watchdog probes ‘go home’ immigration van campaign
A government campaign using vans to tell illegal immigrants to “go home” or face arrest is to be investigated by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
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Activist backlash against immigration enforcement tactics
A crackdown on immigrants by the Home Office provokes a backlash from activists as one group of immigrants actively seek out and disrupt immigration checks.
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Home Office faces immigration tactics investigation
The British equality watchdog says it will investigate controversial Home Office tactics to tackle illegal immigration – including a “go home” poster campaign and police “stop and checks”.
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Clegg: Lib Dems ‘knew nothing’ of immigration poster vans
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg criticises a Home Office scheme in which vans bore billboards encouraging illegal immigrants to return “home”, insisting no Liberal Democrats were aware of the plan.
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How should the UK tackle illegal immigration? Video
Vans carrying the Home Office’s “Go home or face arrest” message did not go down well, so what should the government do about illegal immigration? Mark Reckless MP and campaigner Rita Chadha discuss.
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‘Staggering’ immigration backlog of 500,000 cases
More than half a million people are in limbo as MPs warn that the backlog of immigration cases at the UK’s troubled border service has hit “staggering” highs and could take 37 years to clear.
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Is Jeremy Hunt turning GPs into immigration police?
Measures to crackdown on health tourism, including a “registration and tracking” system and the possibility of charging for GP services, are to be announced by the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
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US Senate approves sweeping immigration reform
The US Senate approves sweeping reforms to immigration with a path to citizenship for eleven million undocumented workers. But will one of Obama’s flagship policies be killed off in Congress?
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Immigration rules ‘causing anguish’, separating families
The new minimum income threshold of £18,600 has forced separation between thousands of British citizens and their families, says a cross-party group of MPs, which is calling for an urgent review.