Phil Woolas, the new immigration minister, has hinted that Labour may take the political risk of adopting a “balanced migration” policy to restrict population growth in Britain.

Strictly Come Dancing’s Australian judge Craig Revel Horwood claimed he was happily married to a British woman when he applied to the Home Office for UK residency but he had already left her.

The British government said it will not tolerate any violation of non-discriminatory border control principles after campaigners from the HSMP Forum complained of ‘humiliation, harassment and abuse’ of legal migrants by airport immigration officers.

A Syrian refugee will be deported from Scotland back to his native country despite his claim it would result in his murder because of his homosexuality.

Moments after her marriage ceremony, a Portuguese woman was arrested for attempting to illegally procure a passport for her new husband – a Nigerian immigrant. The allegedly sham wedding, in Dulwich South London, was discovered by immigration officials after the couple left the church in separate cars.

Immigration police stormed a Whitley warehouse during a dawn raid and arrested six men, said to be working illegally. The men were from Ghana, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda.

Two Chinese illegal workers, aged 29 and 34, have been arrested at a restaurant in Roche following an operation by the UK Border Agency. Steps are being taken to remove the 29-year-old from the UK as soon as possible, while the older man’s immigration status is under consideration.