Gary Gibbon
Immigration at the heart of government’s plans
The immigration measures in the Queen’s speech will be prominent in many voters’ minds – but history may not judge them to be the most significant.
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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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UK migration figures based on ‘random’ interviews
Official migration statistics are “not fit for purpose” and “little better than a best guess”, a scathing report says, with one critic claiming Disney World does better on counting people.
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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.
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Gary Gibbon
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Focus on immigration in Queen’s speech
The government lays out proposals for tighter controls on immigration in the Queen’s speech. But critics will focus on what has been left out of the coalition’s plans.
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Michael Gove: ‘We need to tackle immigration’
After the Queen’s speech outlines the government’s plans on immigration, Cathy Newman speaks to the Education Secretary Michael Gove. He says he wants Britain to stay in the European Union.
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Immigration: the other side of the story
Millionaire migrants are increasingly investing in the UK, from buying penthouses to building businesses, showing another side to immigration.
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Immigration archive: coming and going
ITN reporters in the 1960s quiz newly arrived immigrants on why they have moved to the UK – as well as asking those leaving these shores about their motivation.
