Number of asylum seekers drops in Britain, boosting Blair politics: report
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The number of people seeking asylum in Britain has reportedly fallen to levels last seen when Prime Minister Tony Blair took office in 1997.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said he believed the British public sympathizes with his interior minister who faces charges he used his position to speed up a visa application for his ex-lover's Filipina nanny.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair moved from the crisis in Sudan to addressing the roots of conflict and poverty Africa
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The number of unemployed people in the UK fell unexpectedly in the three months to April, official data show.
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World News &gt; London, Sept 30 : The Tony Blair government has allowed the Gurkhas in the British Army to settle in the UK and gain British citizenship.
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British Home Secretary Charles Clarke has announced a five-year strategy to tighten immigration and asylum controls, prompting accusations of a "bidding war" after the Conservative Party unveiled similar plans ...
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Politics: 6 October 2004, Wednesday. A total of 6,000 Bulgarians are said to be kept in the dark about the decision of the UK Embassy here over their applications for business visas.
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The number of people filing an initial claim for US jobless aid fell by a larger-than-expected 25,000 last week, the government said on Thursday in a report seen as a good sign for job growth.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said Monday that the redeployment of 850 crack British troops to a volatile area near Baghdad was "a limited operation for a limited period". "The key issue is the Iraq elections in ...
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Britain has begun deporting failed asylum seekers from Zimbabwe, rights groups said, claiming that at least 10 people had been expelled since last month when the government lifted a ban blocking enforced deportations to the southern African country.
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British foreign policy and in particular the Iraq war has made it easier for Islamist extremists to recruit young British Muslims, according to a report released here Thursday.
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Asylum applications have dropped by 13% to 9,210 in the second quarter of 2004, Home Office Figures show.
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Asylum seekers being held in Cardiff Prison have been moved to an immigration detention centre near London.
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Thirty-two Iraqis who failed to gain asylum in Britain have been sent back to their home country, the Home Office has told AFP.
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Conditions for asylum-seekers are becoming tougher because of terror fears in rich countries, the UN warns.
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The number of arrests at English soccer matches last season dropped 10 percent, highlighting ``the success of action to tackle football hooliganism,&#39;&#39; the UK government&#39;s Home Office said in a statement.
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GATESHEAD, England  - British Prime Minister Tony Blair, whose popularity crashed in the wake of the Iraq war, sought Sunday to reconnect with the British public and appealed to voters for a third term in office.