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From The Rt Hon Damian Green
  • National identity register destroyed as government consigns ID card scheme to history

    National Identity Register (NIR), built to hold the fingerprints and personal details of millions of ID card holders, publicly destroyed.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Migrant job recommendations will be 'studied in detail'

    Minister responds to expert advice about which occupations should qualify under the 'skilled' route to the UK.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Fourteen arrests in sham marriage crackdown

    Addresses across the North East have been targeted by officers in a month-long crackdown on sham marriages.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Appointment of new Deputy Immigration Services Commissioner

    Statement made on 3 February 2011 by the Minister of State for Immigration Damian Green, and in the House of Lords by Baroness Neville-Jones

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Immigration: Damian Green's speech to the Reform Think Thank

    Immigration minister Damian Green gave this speech to the Reform Think Thank on Tuesday 1 February 2011.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Student visa reform

    The immigration minister has addressed criticisms by leading figures in higher education who oppose plans for fewer foreign students.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Student consultation closes on 31 January

    As a public consultation on reforming the system for allowing people to study in the UK draws to a close, the government has today called on people to make their views heard.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Have your say on student visa reform

    The Government has today called on people to take this opportunity to make their views heard on student visa reform.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • ID cards no longer valid

    From midnight tonight identity cards can no longer be used to prove identity or to travel in Europe.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Pre-charge detention will revert to 14 days

    Damian Green tells parliament that government will not extend the order which allows a 28 day limit to hold terror suspects without charge.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Immigration minister responds to asylum report

    Damian Green has today said that the government is 'absolutely committed' to concluding asylum cases faster and at lower cost.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Asylum seeker accommodation: correction

    This written ministerial statement, dated 11 January 2011, is a correction to an oral answer on asylum seeker accommodation. 

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • European Union opt-in decision: EURODAC Regulation

    This written ministerial statement was laid in the House of Commons on 11 January 2011 by Damian Green and the House of Lords by Baroness…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • ID cards consigned to history

    ID cards have been scrapped by the government after the Identity Documents Bill received Royal Assent.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • ID cards consigned to history by coalition government's first Home Office bill

    ID cards will be scrapped under the coalition government's first Home Office Bill to pass through Parliament.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Damian Green's written statement on changes to the immigration rules

    House of Lords Baroness Neville-Jones: My Hon Friend the minister of state for immigration (Damian Green) has today made the following written…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Temporary limit on migrant workers is back up and running

    In statement to Parliament, Damian Green confirmed that interim limit on skilled workers from outside EU is legal and back up and running.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The UK’s opt-in to negotiating mandates for Passenger Name Record agreements between the EU and Australia, Canada and the United States

    Damian Green's speech on the use of Passenger Name Record data.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New compassionate approach to family returns

    Children will no longer be detained in Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre, the government announced today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Ending the detention of children for immigration purposes

    The UK has a long tradition of welcoming people from across the globe and we can be especially proud of our record in granting refuge to…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government