Sentences with phrase «immigration at the home office»

Following the cabinet re-shuffle of 3 October 2008, he was made Minister of State for Borders and Immigration at the Home Office and Minister of State for the Treasury.

Not exact matches

Interestingly, the UK Border Agency — responsible for securing the UK border at air, rail and sea ports and migration controls — was set up in 2008 following a very similar set of criticisms that forced the then Labour Home Secretary John Reid to declare that the Home Office's immigration directorate was «not fit for purpose» and that a single Agency was needed to secure effective and efficient management of the UK border.

Immigration and asylum reporting centres were closed, hundreds of asylum interviews cancelled and juxtaposed immigration controls at Calais non-operational today, as up to 10,500 members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) working for the Home Office and Border and Immigration Agency, went on stImmigration and asylum reporting centres were closed, hundreds of asylum interviews cancelled and juxtaposed immigration controls at Calais non-operational today, as up to 10,500 members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) working for the Home Office and Border and Immigration Agency, went on stimmigration controls at Calais non-operational today, as up to 10,500 members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) working for the Home Office and Border and Immigration Agency, went on stImmigration Agency, went on strike today.

The Home Office has come under fire over fresh allegations involving the five immigrant workers arrested at its immigration offices this week.

1980 Joins Treasury after studying at Oxford University and the College of Europe in Bruges 1989 Joins the cabinet of Sir Leon Brittan, European commissioner 1993 Returns to Treasury as an assistant secretary to the Defence Team 1995 Sojourn at French Finance Ministry as chargé de mission direction de trésor 1997 After a year back in the Treasury, moves to Cabinet Office as deputy head of European Affairs Secretariat 2003 Becomes deputy director - general, immigration and nationality, at the Home Office 2004 Joins Foreign Office as director - general, globalisation 2010 Appointed permanent secretary at BIS

The issue of illegal immigration dogged the government this week after it emerged five illegal migrants from Nigeria had worked as cleaners at the Home Office for three years, contrary to initial claims that they were nabbed on their first day.

Although he lashed out at the «racist vans» as they have been dubbed by detractors, by taking a swipe at the Home Office's latest immigration policy, and calling the vans «so silly — more than silly, unsettling», and «aimlessly driving around in a poster van saying «can you please perhaps go home?&raHome Office's latest immigration policy, and calling the vans «so silly — more than silly, unsettling», and «aimlessly driving around in a poster van saying «can you please perhaps go home?&rahome?»

And whilst poorly worded and tasteless ad vans were touring London begging illegal immigrants to hand themselves in, we learnt that the Home Office has not been finger - printing migrants stopped at Calais or Coquelles for three years and has not followed up 90 % of its intelligence leads on illegal immigration.

Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, she responded angrily to being quoted by Mrs May in relation to the cases of the Windrush children — some of whom lost out on jobs, healthcare and housing after being unable to prove their immigration status to the Home Office.

Mark Harper, a Home Office minister, said no vouchers had been issued purely for winning cases at the immigration tribunals as several factors are taken into consideration.

The extremist, once described as Osama bin Laden's «right - hand man in Europe», was granted bail by Mr Justice Mitting at the special immigration appeals commission yesterday after the Home Office failed to get him deported to Jordan.

3.30 pm: Caroline Nokes, the immigration minister, and Hugh Ind, director general of immigration enforcement at the Home Office, give evidence to the Commons home affairs commitHome Office, give evidence to the Commons home affairs commithome affairs committee.

Given the Conservative manifesto pledge to cut immigration, and the national sensitivity of the issue, you might have thought that at least the Home Office would be determined to get on top of the situation.

Our first priority at GSC Solicitors is to assist you to meet your immigration goal (s) the quickest and best way possible, even if that involves challenging the Home Office to the highest courts.

She studied the LPC at The University of Law (ULaw)'s former York campus before working for the Crown Prosecution Service, the Home Office Immigration Department, and her own legal practice.

She has represented business at the Prime Minister's immigration stock take meeting and acted as an adviser to the Home Office on business, investment and growth.

As minister of state at the Home Office, Baroness Scotland helped steer the Immigration, Nationality and Asylum Act 2006 through the House of Lords: the Act which introduced on - the - spot civil fines for employing illegal immigrants.

«A few months ago, there were no presenting officers representing the Home Office in a quarter of cases at the [immigration] tribunal.

The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has published a report looking at the Home Office's handling of unaccompanied asylum seeking children and how...