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FOR EMPLOYING ILLEGAL WORKERS
Businesses employing illegal workers face large fines and prison sentences, according to a campaign recently unveiled by the Government.
Employers could be fined up to £10,000 for every illegal worker they negligently hire or could face up to two years in prison. Any employers found to be breaking the law could lose the right to recruit from outside the European Union.
Immigration Minister Liam Byrne said
"Illegal work attracts illegal migrants and undercuts British wages. That's why we're determined to shut it down. The message is clear for employers - we will not tolerate illegal working".
The Border and Immigration Agency undertakes regular enforcement operations against illegal working throughout the UK. In 2006 alone, the BIA carried out over 5,000 illegal working operations and removed more than 22,000 people from the UK.
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Highly Skilled Migrant Program (HSMP) Judicial Review
A recent decision in the High Court in favour of a HSMP advocacy group against the UK Border Agency has seen a judicial review of the Highly Skilled Migrants Program (HSMP). The new rules will lead to separate regulations for migrants who currently hold a HSMP visa, with a HSMP approval letter issued prior to 07 November 2006, and who wish to make an application to extend their HSMP visa.
3000 blank passports and visas stolen in England
A security van carrying blank visas and passports was hijacked near Manchester in North England at 6.40am on Monday 28 July 2008. At least 3,000 blank passport and visa stickers in 24 brown cardboard boxes - intended for distribution to embassies and consulates abroad - were stolen.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) which was responsible for the delivery, was entrusted to ship them abroad. An FCO spokesman said: "Although we have never used armoured vehicles, which are much less flexible and more expensive than the security vans we currently use, we have used non-armoured security vans for 15 years without incident".
Results of Britain's first global visa review
Tough new visa regimes could be introduced for 11 countries following the first global review of who needs a visa to come to the UK, the Government has announced. Everyone applying for a UK visa now has their fingerprints checked before their identity is fixed. So far more than two million sets of fingerprints have been collected with checks flagging up almost 3,000 attempted identity swaps.
The Visa Waiver Test reviewed all non European countries against a set of strict criteria to determine the level of risk they pose to the UK in terms of illegal immigration, crime and security, to help decide where the new regime may be required. The result of the test showed a strong case for introducing visa regimes for 11 countries. These are: Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Lesotho, Malaysia, Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. These countries have combined population of over 300 million - nearly 5% of the world's population. This means that Britain's visa net could be widened to cover around 80% of the world's population
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