NewsHome Office ‘Demoralised’, Says SurveyThe Guardian has reported that the first independent survey of civil servants' views of reforms has found that Home Office staff felt that their department was poorly equipped to cope with the uncertainties and challenges of the future compared with elsewhere in government. Including International Students Will Damage UK Higher Education, Warns IPPRLeading think tank, The Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR), has published a report warning that the Government’s insistence of including international students in their net migration count will damage the British education sector. Govt To ‘Fast Track’ 70 More Staff For Heathrow For The Late Summer RushPlans have been announced to speed up the recruitment of 70 more border staff for Heathrow to quell concerns about lengthy queues after the Olympics. UKBA Launches Tier 2 and 5 Premium ServiceThe UK Border Agency launched its new Premium Customer Service for Tier 2 and Tier 5 sponsors on 6th April 2012. Citizenship Approvals Per Year More Than Doubled Since 2000
A recent report by The Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford, shows that in 2011, 177,878 foreign citizens naturalised as British citizens. This was a decrease from 195,130 in 2010, but higher than a five year average of 162,704 from 2005-2009. Approvals of British citizenship applications have increased substantially since 2000, with annual averages of 114,284 from 2000-2004. |
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