Immigration news & Gossips ( Musyi Munene)

Elizabeth Kiwunga, who was detained by immigration officials in the early hours of Thursday morning, has been twice denied asylum, despite her supporters’ claims they have evidence she was tortured in her homeland. Continue reading Community rally behind asylum seeker…

A Lithuanian lorry driver managed to set up home – including two televisions and a chest of drawers – in a garden shed without the owner of the adjoining property noticing.

At first Kelly Dudley thought the man in blue overalls had been sent by her landlord to clear the overgrown garden. Continue reading Lithuanian lorry driver sets up home in garden shed…

MADRID (Reuters) – Fourteen African immigrants, including nine children, died from heat exposure trying to reach Spain by boat from North Africa, the Spanish news agency EFE reported on Thursday. Continue reading Fourteen Africans die on boat to Spain…

The number of babies born in England and Wales has reached the highest level for more than 16 years on the back of rising immigration.

There were 691,013 births in 2007, a three per cent rise over the year before and the highest level since 1991. Continue reading One in four babies born to migrant mothers as fertility rate hits highest level for 16 years…

Many prepaid phone-card fees are hidden, leaving customers feeling they get more minutes than they really do. Companies can charge “connection” and “hang-up” fees as high as $2. While some fees were disclosed in fine print, it was in English — even in cases where card companies market heavily in Spanish to reach immigrant customers. Continue reading Calling Out Prepaid Phone Cards…

More than 2,000 children are detained in the UK every year while the asylum claims of their parents are considered.

The Independent Asylum Commission (IAC), which is also calling for an end to children of asylum seekers being X-rayed to determine their age, wants guardianship schemes to be set up instead. Continue reading Stop detaining asylum seekers’ children, govt urged…

A gang of asylum seekers made £200,000 by faking insurance claims for car crashes.

The seven men, including Iraqi and Kuwaiti nationals who claimed they had been tortured in their homelands, submitted more than 50 bogus claims before they were detected. Continue reading Asylum seekers gang made £200,000 in insurance crash scam…

An illegal immigrant who used a false passport and bogus national insurance card to obtain work has been jailed for six months.

The judge also recommended that Naimishkumar Patel be deported to India at the end of his sentence. Continue reading EMPLOYEE IN PASSPORT SCAM JAILED…

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – A French woman was arrested in California early Thursday on charges of running an immigration scam with her husband that netted thousands of dollars, US justice officials said. Continue reading French couple charged in US immigration scam…

The High Court has stopped a Libyan company, the new owners of the Grand Regency hotel, from carrying out dealings on it.

In effect this means that the company remains the owner of the hotel but it cannot transfer it or dispose it off until the court hears the case. Continue reading Kenya: Court Halts Grand Regency Dealings…