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Home Office unveils new ways to tackle illegal working
Public enlisted in tackling illegal working

Immigration officers will be encouraged to use “smarter” criminal intelligence when tracking down illegal workers, the government has announced. Better working practices are intended to complement the introduction of 800 new officers at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND), paid for by a doubling of funding in the department announced this summer. One new initiative… Read more »

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Immigration figures show 565,000 came to UK last year
Immigration hit 565,000 last year

Opposition parties have questioned the government’s border controls after new figures show 565,000 immigrants arrived in the UK last year. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals that although immigration was less last year than in 2004, 1,500 people still arrived in the UK every day. The figures also show that 380,000 people… Read more »