Home Office under fire over visa delays
Press Review 6 October 2004
The FT reports that businesses are facing waits as long as three months for the Home Office to process visa applications for foreign workers.
Home Office refugee scheme flops
Press Review 4 October 2004
A key Home Office scheme to house UN nominated refugees in Britain is failing to meet expectations because local authorities are reluctant to accept them.
Blunkett announces expansion of community policing
News Article 29 September 2004
David Blunkett has put crime at the heart of Labour's general election agenda with a pledge to increase the police presence on Britain's streets.
Focusing on the facts
Publication Article 22 September 2004
Blunkett 'failing to act on illegal slave labour'
News Article 20 September 2004
The home secretary is doing too little to tackle the "slave labour" conditions suffered by Britain's underground illegal workforce, Mark Oaten has said.
Blair announces new asylum crackdown
Press Review 17 September 2004
The prime minister has announced a new offence of destroying travel documents and set new targets for deporting failed asylum applications.
PM promises prison term for asylum abusers
News Article 16 September 2004
The prime minister has warned asylum seekers they face a jail sentence if they choose to destroy their travel documents.
PM sets out asylum concerns
Press Review 16 September 2004
Tony Blair uses an article in the Times today to admit “genuine concerns” about the asylum system.
Police swoop on illegal immigrants
Press Review 15 September 2004
Over 1,000 illegal migrants have been arrested following random spot checks on tube passengers and pedestrians in London, Home Office figures have revealed.
Lib Dems call for migrants quota
Press Review 13 September 2004
The Liberal Democrats are calling for an annual quota system for migrant workers coming from outside the European Union.
Tories backtrack on immigration
Press Review 7 September 2004
David Davis was forced to distance himself yesterday from the author of a book on immigration which has been branded as "racist".
Home Office defeated over asylum centre
Press Review 3 September 2004
A plan by the Home Office to extend the Campsfield House asylum centre in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, has been rejected by the local authority.
Asylum seeker numbers fall
Press Review 1 September 2004
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has said the number of asylum seekers heading to Western countries is now at its lowest level for 17 years.
Home Office sets out new immigration guidance
Press Review 31 August 2004
The Home Office has published new immigration guidelines.
New fall in asylum figures
Press Review 25 August 2004
Official figures have shown another sharp fall in the number of asylum seekers.
