Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Report by The Independent Monitor for Entry Clearance (Immigration and Asylum Act 1999), Nov 2005

http://digbig.com/4mgmk
FIONA LINDSLEY
Report released July 2006

Britain accused of refusing visas to prevent entry of world's poor / Times, 8 Aug, 2006
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2303020,00.html
Richard Ford
" THOUSANDS of would-be visitors to the United Kingdom are being illegally turned down for visas simply because they are from poor and repressive countries, according to an official immigration watchdog. The Independent Monitor for Entry Clearance Refusals report also said that additional fees charged by private sector firms now processing half of all the 2.5 million visa applications are illegal."