2 years ago
Thousands of Indian migrants celebrate legal victory
London, April 8 - Tens of thousands of skilled Indian migrants were celebrating their legal victory Tuesday as a court upheld their right to live and work in Britain - a country that had sought them out before abruptly changing its mind. The landmark judgement by the High Court in London upheld a challenge mounted by the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme - Forum against the British immigration de ... read more

2 years ago
HSMP changes unlawful, unreasonable, unfair, British court told
London, March 6 - Retrospective changes made to visas allowing highly skilled migrants to live and work in Britain are 'conspicuously unfair' and constitute an abuse of power by the government, a British court was told. 'The conspicuous unfairness leaps from the page,' Michael Fordham, counsel for the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme - Forum, told the high court Wednesday. He accused the govern ... read more

2 years ago
100,000 Indians take British government to court
London, March 1 - Likening the British government to Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, 49,000 mostly Indian professionals and their families are to get a court hearing next week over their bid to block changes to the terms of their stay in Britain on the grounds of human rights and race relations. The High Court will March 5 hear the challenge mounted by the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme - Forum to ... read more

2 years ago
Clear air on immigration, Indians in Britain urge Brown
London, Jan 20 - Campaigners protesting against changes to immigration rules that have affected thousands of highly skilled Indians in Britain hope that Prime Minister Gordon Brown will use his ongoing visit to India to clear the air on the issue. According to the Highly Skilled Migrants Forum, the campaign group leading the protests, there are more than 30,000 Indians and their families who are ... read more

2 years ago
Britain stands by changes to immigration rules
London, Nov 28 - With the much-awaited ruling with implications for the future of thousands of Indian professionals in Britain expected Friday, the Home Office has rejected a parliamentary committee's recommendations to reverse changes made to immigration rules in November 2006. The changes, applicable to those who entered Britain under the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme -, have been the subj ... read more

2 years ago
Britain stands by changes to immigration rules
London, Nov 28 - With the much-awaited ruling with implications for the future of thousands of Indian professionals in Britain expected Friday, the Home Office has rejected a parliamentary committee's recommendations to reverse changes made to immigration rules in November 2006. The changes, applicable to those who entered Britain under the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme -, have been the subj ... read more

2 years ago
Britain stands by changes to immigration rules
London, Nov 28 - With the much-awaited ruling with implications for the future of thousands of Indian professionals in Britain expected Friday, the Home Office has rejected a parliamentary committee's recommendations to reverse changes made to immigration rules in November 2006. The changes, applicable to those who entered Britain under the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme -, have been the subj ... read more

2 years ago
Britain stands by changes to immigration rules
London, Nov 28 - With the much-awaited ruling with implications for the future of thousands of Indian professionals in Britain expected Friday, the Home Office has rejected a parliamentary committee's recommendations to reverse changes made to immigration rules in November 2006. The changes, applicable to those who entered Britain under the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme -, have been the subj ... read more

2 years ago
Britain stands by changes to immigration rules
London, Nov 28 - With the much-awaited ruling with implications for the future of thousands of Indian professionals in Britain expected Friday, the Home Office has rejected a parliamentary committee's recommendations to reverse changes made to immigration rules in November 2006. The changes, applicable to those who entered Britain under the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme -, have been the subj ... read more

2 years ago
Riot warning over Oxford union's invitation to racist leader
London, Nov 26 - A controversial Oxford University debate to be addressed Monday night by the head of the racist British National Party, Nick Griffin, and pro-Nazi historian David Irving has sparked a high-profile resignation and warning that riots may follow. The police warnings of riots came after a senior Tory MP, shadow defence minister Dr Julian Lewis, resigned his membership of the Oxford ... read more