British PM Cameron plans tougher immigration laws
26 March 2013 6:15 AM IST
British Prime Minister David Cameron today unveiled further plans to tighten rules for foreigners in the country, even as the department in charge of tackling immigration came under severe criticism for its inability to clear backlogs of over 300,000 unresolved immigration cases.
Migrants are to lose their right to benefits after six months unless they ‘have a genuine chance of finding work’, Cameron wrote in an article in The Sun ahead of a major speech on immigration, which also sets out steps to restrict the rights of some immigrants to social housing in the country.
Meanwhile, the UK Border Agency (UKBA) came under attack from the Home Affairs Select Committee for its inability to clear backlogs of unresolved immigration cases.
In its latest report into the immigration agency released on Monday, the committee in charge of examining the administration of the UK Home Office and its associated bodies said that for six years the UKBA had repeatedly supplied incorrect information about the size of the asylum backlog and measures supposedly being taken.
The committee said it had been supplied incorrect data by the agency for six years, and ‘repeatedly misled’ by Homer, now the head of the UK’s Revenue and Customs department who has denied the accusations as ‘unfair and untrue.’
Migrants are to lose their right to benefits after six months unless they ‘have a genuine chance of finding work’, Cameron wrote in an article in The Sun ahead of a major speech on immigration, which also sets out steps to restrict the rights of some immigrants to social housing in the country.
Meanwhile, the UK Border Agency (UKBA) came under attack from the Home Affairs Select Committee for its inability to clear backlogs of unresolved immigration cases.
In its latest report into the immigration agency released on Monday, the committee in charge of examining the administration of the UK Home Office and its associated bodies said that for six years the UKBA had repeatedly supplied incorrect information about the size of the asylum backlog and measures supposedly being taken.
The committee said it had been supplied incorrect data by the agency for six years, and ‘repeatedly misled’ by Homer, now the head of the UK’s Revenue and Customs department who has denied the accusations as ‘unfair and untrue.’
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