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Visa regime hurts UK as study destination

Rocketing refusal rates put off international cohort, seminar hears. Rebecca Attwood reports.

Tough new visa regulations are leading international students to give up on Britain as a place ...

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Visa requirement for South Africa enforced today

From today, visitors to the United Kingdom from South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland will only be able to travel with a visa.

Visitors will now be fingerprinted and checked against watch-lis...

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Seven in 10 new jobs go to foreigners

Seven in 10 of the 2 million extra jobs created under Labour have been accounted for by migrant workers, an international study has found.

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Vicar in 'sham marriages' arrest

A serving vicar has been arrested in an inquiry into nearly 180 "sham marriages" at an East Sussex church.

Police joined a team from the UK Border Agency to arrest four people, in...

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