EXODUS of UK TALENT

From Daily Mail

Two million of the brightest Britons have left UK over last decade in a brain drain, warns MP

• Within the last 10 years it is estimated 986 people left Britain every day
• MP Nick de Bois fears drain of talent will impact on UK economy

By Tara Brady
PUBLISHED: 10:33 GMT, 23 January 2013 | UPDATED: 14:42 GMT, 23 January 2013

Brain drain: MP Nick de Bois says more has to be done to keep the brightest in Britain

Britain is facing a growing exodus of its brightest workers who are leaving to work abroad, new figures show. 
As many as 3,599,000 people permanently left the UK between 2001 and 2011, of which 1,963,000 were aged between 25 and 44.
Nick de Bois, secretary of the 1922 Committee of back-bench MPs, fears the 'brain drain' of Britain's educated will have a disastrous impact on the UK's economy. 
Mr de Bois, who is also Conservative MP for Enfield North, obtained the figures from the Office of National Statistics.
He said: 'I have always felt the debate on immigration is ignoring the talented who are living in this country. 
'The debate is often around the net immigration totals. But lost in the debate is the enormous damage being done to our economy by migration from the UK. 
'Questions have to be asked as to why, even in a truly global economy where labour markets are relatively open, we here in the UK cannot hold onto our own home-grown, home-educated talent.' 
Within the last 10 years it is estimated 986 people left Britain every day. 
Research shows most people emigrating are graduates going to work for pharmaceutical, aerospace and engineering companies abroad.
Mr de Bois called for a change of culture in Britain where competitiveness and success are valued and personal achievement and personal wealth are respected.

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★ Blaneys on Immigration: January 2013 ★ Inbox x Blaney McMurtry LLP news@blaney.com via createsend4.com  08:30 (28 minutes ago) Images are not displayed. Display images below - Always display images from news@blaney.com This email not displaying correctly? View it in a web browser Forward to a friend January 2013 Federal Skilled Trades Program Begins Accepting Applications New Federal Skilled Worker Program to Begin Accepting Applications as of May 4, 2013 Federal Skilled Trades Program Begins Accepting Applications Henry J. Chang On August 18, 2012, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (“CIC”) published proposed regulatory amendments (the “Proposed Regulations”) in the Canada Gazette, which (once enacted) would create a Federal Skilled Trades Program (“FSTP”).1 On January 2, 2013, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney (the “Immigration Minister”) announced that CIC would begin accepting applications under the FSTP, effective immediately. Eligible occupations are split into two groups. Group A includes 17 jobs with a moderate labour market need while Group B includes 26 in-demand jobs. Read more › New Federal Skilled Worker Program to Begin Accepting Applications as of May 4, 2013 Henry J. Chang As previously reported, last year Citizenship and Immigration Canada (“CIC”) imposed a “temporary pause” on the acceptance of new Federal Skilled Worker Program (“FSWP”) applications, which became effective on July 1, 2012. On August 18, 2012, CIC published proposed regulatory amendments (the “Proposed Regulations”) in the Canada Gazette, which (once enacted) would significantly alter the FSWP. On December 19, 2012, Citizenship, Immigration, and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney (the “Immigration Minister”) announced that the FSWP will once again begin accepting new applications on May 4, 2013. The proposed changes to the FSWP were described in our previous article, which provided an analysis of the regulatory amendments.3 However, a brief summary of these changes also appears below: Minimum official language thresholds and increased points for official language proficiency, making language the most important factor in the selection process; Increased emphasis on younger immigrants; Introduction of the Educational Credential Assessment (“ECA”), to evaluate the foreign credentials of FSWP applicants; Changes to the arranged employment process; and Additional adaptability points for spousal language ability and Canadian work experience. Read more › Read full newsletter online Read full newsletter as PDF Our Immigration Law Group As legal advisors to both corporate and individual clients, Blaney McMurtry's Immigration Law Group provides legal advice covering all aspects of inbound Canadian and United States immigration law; its members are licensed to practice law in both Canada and the United States. Further, as immigration law is under federal jurisdiction in both countries, we are capable of representing clients regardless of their intended destination. More > Forward to a Friend Know someone who might be interested in this newsletter? Forward to a Friend »     Newsletter Sign-Up Interested in another area of law? Stay informed by signing up for other Blaneys' newsletters. Newsletter Sign-Up »     Connect With Us  Facebook  Twitter  LinkedIn  Browse our RSS feeds Blaneys on Immigration is a publication of the Immigration Law Group of Blaney McMurtry LLP. Editor: Melanie I. Francis Privacy/Disclaimer  |   Unsubscribe instantly  |  Manage your subscription Copyright © 2013 Blaney McMurtry LLP.  Blaney McMurtry is a TAGLaw member firm.

UK TAXPAYERS pay for illegal Nigerian immigrant.

From UK DAILY EXPRESS

TOLD TO LEAVE 4 TIMES - BUT MIGRANT STILL GETS A HOME

Jonathan Isaby of the Taxpayers' Alliance

Saturday January 19,2013

By Cyril Dixon

AN illegal immigrant from Nigeria who has been ord­ered out of Britain four times won the right yesterday to a council home and state handouts while she fights the latest bid for deportation.

The High Court ruled that the unnamed woman – along with her fraudster husband and three children – has the right to be supported financially by their local council.

Deputy Judge Robin Purchas QC said Essex County Council officials acted unlawfully when they refused to house the family during their court battle with the UK Border Agency.

The authority was judged to have breached their “human rights” in a case which has already cost taxpayers £200,000.

Last night, Jonathan Isaby of the TaxPayers’ Alliance said: “A system that can allow someone living here illegally to stay in the UK for years on end while drawing benefits is clearly not fit for purpose.

“Ministers must act to reform the way these cases are dealt with – and if that means defying the European Convention on Human Rights, so be it.”

The court was told the woman came to Britain illegally 11 years ago before being joined by her husband and giving birth to their children aged between two and eight.

Ministers must act to reform the way these cases are dealt with

Jonathan Isaby of the TaxPayers’ Alliance

She made three unsuccessful applications to stay in 2010. In September that year the husband was sentenced to four months in prison for using false documents, and the family were ordered to leave by April last year.

They were housed temporarily in a caravan, but after a needs assessment, the council found last July that they could be properly cared for in Nigeria and ended their support.

The judge accepted the mother’s claims that she has a right of appeal under the European Convention on Human Rights.

An Essex County Council spokesman said: “We are currently considering the judgment including the question of appeal.”

PAKISTANI FAKE MARRIAGES

From  UK DAILY MAIL

Czech national flew to Pakistan to marry THREE TIMES in FOUR MONTHS in UK immigration scam

• Eva Holubova told police Pakistani men offered £250 for photos of herself
• Her boyfriend flew to Pakistan with her and was paid £300 for 'marrying' a Pakistani woman, 28
• Sham marriage service based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire arranged for more than 20 'brides' to be flown to Pakistan

By Sarah Johnson
PUBLISHED: 20:25 GMT, 17 January 2013 | UPDATED: 21:58 GMT, 17 January

A Czech national flew to Pakistan three times in four months as part of an elaborate immigration scam to allow Pakistani men to live in the UK, a court heard.
Eva Holubova, 19, flew to Pakistan with her boyfriend, also 19, to take part in fake marriage ceremonies and was 'married' three times in the space of four months.
She told police Pakistani men offered her £250 for photos to pretend they were married so they could get visas to go to the UK.

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UK SHAM MARRIAGES

FROM UK DAILY MAIL

Solicitors 'ran immigration scam arranging thousands of sham marriages by submitting touching love stories about couples who'd only just met'

• Gang arranged for brides or husbands from EU to marry non EU individuals
• At one stage several EU citizens a day were flown in from Eastern Europe
• They were housed in London before going to various registry offices

By Tom Kelly
PUBLISHED: 16:18 GMT, 11 January 2013 | UPDATED: 18:39 GMT, 11 January 2013


A law firm invented scores of 'touching' love stories about foreign couples to convince immigration authorities that their sham marriages were real, a court heard yesterday.
Solicitor Tevfick Souleiman and three immigration advisers working for him made 'substantial' sums by forging documents to hoodwink the UK Border Agency during the eight year scam, it was alleged.
Brides were flown into Britain from eastern European EU countries to marry non-EU citizens, giving the grooms rights to live and work in the UK, the Old Bailey was told.

Accused: A solicitor and his three advisors organised thousands of sham marriages between illegal immigrants and EU Citizens, a court heard today. Defendants Tevfick Souleiman, right and Cenk Guclu, left, are pictured

In some cases the couples only met each other at the solicitor's office on one occasion before their wedding day and were banned from any other contact, prosecutor Nicholas Mather said.
But the firm organised forged affidavits in which they 'concocted' accounts of their supposedly romantic courtships which were submitted to the authorities in order for the marriages to be approved, he said.
In one, Albanian Alban Spaho, described how he met his Bulgarian bride-to-be Petya Zlatanska while on a day out with friends in Haringey, North London in 2008 and plucked up the courage approach her.

The affidavit said: 'We went to a cafe where our friends left us alone to get on with it... Petya was a bit shy but I eventually persuaded her to let me take her out.
'We didn't go to any of the usual Bulgarian or Albanian places in North London but instead went to a really nice place in the West end.'
He described how the couple's love grew and they moved in together, adding: 'After three months I realised I wanted to be with her all the time and asked her to marry me.'

Sham: The gang arranged for brides or husbands from the UK or the EU to marry non EU individuals, the court heard. Defendant Zafer Altinbas is pictured

In fact the letter was a 'script' written by staff at the north London offices of Souleiman GA Solicitors, the prosecutor said.
In another allegedly forged affidavit a sham marriage groom described how he met his bride a nightclub and after they got together, he eventually proposed after a romantic meal on Valentine's Day.
One Indian student who wanted to stay in the UK told how he was introduced to his Bulgarian bride to be at the firm's offices when he went to ask for immigration advice
He was taken outside to have some photos of them together taken, before being told he couldn't talk to her until the day of their marriage, it was alleged.
The marriages were going ahead despite the regular use of same addresses and a number of errors on applications including names of the applicants being misspelt, the jury heard.
The solicitor's firm also used forged tenancy agreements and employer's references, many from a company called Kebab Town.
Mr Mather said: 'They, together with others, were part of a conspiracy to breach immigration laws in this country by arranging sham marriages, or marriages of convenience.
'In doing so, they made a sizeable amount of money. The arrangement of these marriages was a lucrative business.
'Whatever may be recorded in the books, substantial sums were being paid to individuals to arrange these marriages. This was a cash business.'
Mr Mather said other work of the solicitors, such as conveyancing, was legitimate.
But he added: 'They were running not only a business but also a racket involving sham marriages.
'Substantial amounts would be paid into personal bank accounts. Clients would pay the firm £500 in accounts, but the actual sum was thousands of pounds. That money never went through the books.'
Souleiman, 39, immigration advisers Zafer Altinbas, 38, and Cenk Guclu, 41, and Furrah Kosimov, 29, deny conspiracy to breach immigration law between 2004 and last year.
Souleiman, from Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Altinbas, from Islington, north London, and Guclu, from Enfield, north London, also deny receiving proceeds of crime.
Kosimov, from Wembley, north west London, who is being tried in his absence, denies money laundering.

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600,000 Poles emigrated to UK.

From the UK SUN

The 2011 Census showed Poles are now the second-largest foreign community in Britain.
They form a significant portion of the 13 per cent of people in England and Wales who were born outside of the UK — and more than half the numbers arrived in the past ten years.
Official figures state there are almost 600,000 Poles living in Britain. But our research suggests the figure might be even higher.
Travel agent Magdalena Francuz shows us a list of the flights that can be taken from the (LODZ) city’s airport to the UK.
Tickets from Ryanair and the low-cost Hungarian airline Wizzair cost as little as £20. Magdalena says many of the flights are full but adds: “Most of my customers are not buying one-way tickets. They buy returns so they can come back in two or three months.

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/4728585/Polish-city-thats-moved-to-Britain.html#ixzz2H9mjSvdZ

CANADA WANTS YOUNG, ANGLO/FRENCH SPEAKING, SKILLED WORKERS

From newsletter Montreal Lawyer Anthony COHEN,

BREAKING NEWS: Federal Skilled Worker Program Will Reopen in May

Wednesday, 19 December 2012 Category Federal Immigration

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Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has announced that the new points system for the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) will take effect on May 4th, 2013. At that time, the program will begin accepting applications to its Skilled Worker category. The Skilled Worker category of the FSWP has been closed since mid-2012 so that necessary changes could be made to selection criteria. It is important to note that the FSWP continues to be open for individuals with a qualifying arranged job offer or who wish to apply under the Ph.D. stream.
The final changes, as described by CIC, are as follows:

• Minimum official language thresholds and increased points for official language proficiency, making language the most important factor in the selection process;
• Increased emphasis on younger immigrants, who are more likely to acquire valuable Canadian experience, are better positioned to adapt to changing labour market conditions, and who will spend a greater number of years contributing to Canada’s economy;
• Introduction of the Educational Credential Assessment (ECA), so that education points awarded reflect the foreign credential’s true value in Canada;
• Changes to the arranged employment process, allowing employers to hire applicants quickly, if there is a demonstrated need in the Canadian labour market; and
• Additional adaptability points for spousal language ability and Canadian work experience

These changes are part of CIC’s mission to transform Canada’s immigration system to one that is ‘faster and more flexible’. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has stated that “The government’s number one priority remains jobs, economic growth, and long-term prosperity. The new Federal Skilled Worker Program criteria will ensure Canada is selecting the skilled immigrants out economy needs, who are the most likely to succeed in Canada.”
These changes, along with efforts to streamline processing times, will result in FSWP applications being processed within months, as opposed to years. To assist in a speedy processing time, CIC has announced that the new FSWP will place a cap on the number of applications accepted for review each year. The exact number of applications to be accepted in 2013 has yet to be announced.