Kenyan born entrepreneur Sam Ochieng’ has won the Most Influential Leader of the Year Award at the Exclusive Personality Royalty Awards (EPRA) 2018 in the UK. Dr Ochieng’ is the Director of Programmes, SACOMA Global Foods Innovation. The company benefits farmers in Kenya and other Sub-Saharan African countries by catalysing entrepreneurship in agriculture. It supports […] More
A petition urging the UK Government to grant amnesty to all irregular immigrants who have been living in the country for 10 years is receiving overwhelming support. Launched by Steve Parker, the petition states: “The UK has voted to leave the EU and needs all hands available to contribute to the nation’s development. If illegal […] More
The population of non-UK born citizens rose to 9.4m last year, up three per cent from 9.2m in 2016. Romanians have now become the second most common non-British population living in the UK. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), show that the total number of Romanian nationals rose by 25% from 2016 to […] More
Home Office has allowed G4S to continue running the Gatwick Immigration Removal Centres for two more years until a long-term manager is identified. The contract for the management of Brook House and Tinsley House, which was due to expire this month, was put out for tender in November 2016. Home Office has however decided that […] More
On 19th March 2018, I had the pleasure of attending FUTURE IMAGE - a digital art exhibition in London featuring Eugene Ankomah’s ‘Brainwave series’. It was a medium size presentation which saw Eugene’s masterpieces casually displayed on the walls. I appreciated how raw and unpretentious it was: with each piece merely being held up and […] More
Italy has elected the first black senator in its history. The biggest surprise is that Tony Iwobi, the Nigerian-born Senator belongs to the anti-immigration League. On Tuesday Mr Iwobi announced on his Facebook page that he had been elected to the Senate in Italy’s general election. He said he was happy to reveal that after […] More
The UK government has so far resettled 10,538 refugees under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS). By 2020 the government plans to resettle 20,000 people through the scheme. The VPRS is just one of the routes by which the UK is helping to resettle refugees. In 2017, a total of 6,212 people were resettled in […] More
The Students Against Racism National Conference will be held on 3rd March 2018 in London. It is being organised by Stand Up to Racism and MEND - Muslim Engagement and Development. “We’ve seen a rise of racism, Islamophobia and antisemitism across Europe. Challenging it is a key priority,” say the organisers of the conference. “Universities […] More
The SOAS Sanctuary Scheme to support displaced people is now accepting applications. There will be seven SOAS Sanctuary Scholarships available in 2018/19. The SOAS University of London offers a range of degrees in languages, humanities, social sciences and law. The University is keen to recruit a diverse range of students, and support people who would […] More
Whistleblowers have revealed to the Guardian how the British asylum process is a lottery and unjust. Many asylum interviews, they said, are rushed, biased and resolved by “cut and paste” decisions by overworked Home Office staff. The whistleblowers who are former Home Office staff who used to make decisions on asylum claims, said some of […] More
Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes has provided a detailed explanation of what is a non-straightforward UK Visa application. “Visa applications are considered to be non-straightforward (identified as complex) when an Entry Clearance Officer determines that additional information is required in order for a decision to be made and that these enquiries will take longer than the […] More
The first Britons were black, a cutting-edge scientific analysis shows has confirmed. The researchers this week revealed a facial model of a fossilized Stone Age hunter-gatherer who died around what is now the English town of Cheddar, in Somerset - for which he is named Cheddar Man. The study by University College London (UCL) and […] More