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Offer Of Citizenship Path For British Nationals Overseas In Hong Kong
The Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab have said that, if China imposes its National Security Law on Hong Kong, the British government would expand the British National (Overseas) – BNO – passport holders’ current right to visit for six months without a visa into an extendable 12 months. Under
Majority Of Brits Want More Done To Stop Illegal Boat Crossings
A majority of the public believe that the government is not doing enough to tackle illegal Channel crossings in small boats from France and Belgium. And, as a new Migration Watch UK paper highlights the many millions of pounds spent by the government with France on addressing illlegal immigration, we
77% Say Brits Should Have First Shot At Vacancies
The government plans an immigration system that WEAKENS work visa rules for citizens of 80% of the world’s countries while scrapping the sensible limit on numbers – the opposite of restoring control. However, the public say that getting UK people back to work after the crisis should take priority over
Border Control Betrayal Has Started
Three BIG new uncapped immigration routes were opened from 1 January 2021 as part of the government’s Border Control Betrayal. Ministers are also overseeing an asylum system that is being scammed on a massive scale as illegal immigration rises (read more here). To make matters worse, in a futile bid to appease
Boat Tracking Station – Illegal Maritime Arrivals From Safe Countries
Please note: This web page is no longer kept updated and has been replaced with a new Channel Crossings Tracker that will update automatically every day of the week around noon. Access it here. It can also be accessed via the main menu and the home-page. What you need to know: Large numbers have
The Coronavirus Crisis And Border Control
Introduction 1. There is a clear risk that older visitors from overseas could add to pressures on an already struggling NHS. In recent years there have been about 14 million visitor admissions per year from outside the EU, some from countries where the virus is a significant factor. Nearly ten