Latest Report From BBC 25 June 2013 Last updated at 14:35!
We told you first in March 22, 2013 about this plan (see post)! Nobody listened!.
Now everyone is running helter skelter as if it is a new policy, Imagine, South Africa is not included!
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Now everyone is running helter skelter as if it is a new policy, Imagine, South Africa is not included!
Check out our report as at March 2013 above and read the latest below. Follow us on twitter @LamzatBlog and @LamzatBlog77. Also, please subscribe to our blog for instant germane cosmopolitan updates. Thank you.,
Nigerian Government officials should face the task of developing and improvng the country rather than passing utterly wrong information to the highly educated internet crazy middle class and youths. Know ye all government officials that all information is at a click on Google.
The UK government is not a frivolous government. Immigration is dear to the heart of David Cameron, it will take Obama to make UK make a u-turn on such a policy! Develop your country, provide basic facilities, until then, it is a catch-22 situation.
The UK government is not a frivolous government. Immigration is dear to the heart of David Cameron, it will take Obama to make UK make a u-turn on such a policy! Develop your country, provide basic facilities, until then, it is a catch-22 situation.
But Mrs May said the move was "the next step in making sure our immigration system is more selective".
"In the long run we're interested in a system of bonds that deters overstaying and recovers costs if a foreign national has used our public services," she said.
"We're planning a pilot that focuses on overstayers and examines a couple of different ways of applying bonds.
"The pilot will apply to visitor visas, but if the scheme is successful we'd like to be able to apply it on an intelligence-led basis on any visa route and any country."
A No 10 spokesman said the government was "looking at ways of deterring overstaying and bonds are an option".
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The idea, to be piloted from November, is aimed at deterring people from "high risk" countries staying in the UK once their short-term visas expire.
Under the plan, they would forfeit the money unless they left when required.
The Confederation of Indian Industry said it was "highly discriminatory" but Home Secretary Theresa May defended the "selective" approach to migration.
The UK government says the problem of so-called "overstayers" is one of the biggest challenges facing the immigration system and they want to target visitors from certain countries who present the greatest risk.
Although it has yet to be confirmed, it has been reported that visitors from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Ghana and Nigeria will be required to deposit £3,000 ($4,600) for a six-month visa, to be forfeited if they don't leave when they should.
'Disappointed'
The Confederation of Indian Industry, which represents the country's largest businesses, said the plan was "very unfortunate" and risked further undermining Anglo-Indian relations already strained by changes to the UK visa regime for students.
"We share the UK's concern on illegal immigration but surely there are other more effective and non-discriminatory ways to put a check on it," it said in a statement.
It added that this and other recent changes threatened the "special relationship" that UK politicians often speak of with India.
"The industry in India is disappointed by the way the immigration rules in UK have been changing over the last few years.
"It strongly feels that such blanket rules for visas will negatively affect not only businesses, especially small businesses, it will also further bring down the number of students going to UK for higher studies and affect the tourism inflow from India to UK."
'Political expediency'
Nigerian politicians have also criticised the plan as "unacceptable" and pledged to stand up for their country's interests.
"They should realise that it is not in the best interests of the UK," said Nnenna Elendu-Ukeje, who chairs the foreign affairs committee in the country's House of Representatives.
"It is contrary to the commitment made to our president by David Cameron during their last meeting.
"We believe it is for political reasons ahead of a general election. We seek that our long historical relationship should take precedence over political expediency."
The Home Office said the details of the pilot scheme had yet to be finalised and the countries yet to be selected.
'Intelligence-led'
But Mrs May said the move was "the next step in making sure our immigration system is more selective".
"In the long run we're interested in a system of bonds that deters overstaying and recovers costs if a foreign national has used our public services," she said.
"We're planning a pilot that focuses on overstayers and examines a couple of different ways of applying bonds.
"The pilot will apply to visitor visas, but if the scheme is successful we'd like to be able to apply it on an intelligence-led basis on any visa route and any country."
A No 10 spokesman said the government was "looking at ways of deterring overstaying and bonds are an option".
Indian students are already unhappy about new rules requiring graduates to find a job earning at least £20,000 to be able to remain in the UK once their studies end.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has been among those to call for a rethink but, on a visit to India in February, Prime Minister David Cameron said the UK welcomed students from India and they should not be put off.
Net migration
The Conservatives have set a target for reducing net migration - the differences between the number of people entering the country and those leaving - to less than 100,000 by 2015.
Figures published last month showed net migration fell in the year to September 2012 from 242,000 to 153,000.
The Liberal Democrats and Labour have also set out their thinking on how immigration controls can be tightened, in response to what they say legitimate public concerns about migrants' impact on the economy and society in the past decade.
In a speech earlier this year, Mr Clegg said the security bond was a "useful tool" that, if implemented fairly and properly targeted, could make the immigration system work more efficiently.
The idea was floated several times by the previous Labour government but never implemented after protests at the turn of the century against plans for bonds of £3,000 and £10,000 being brought in.But when contacted for comments yesterday, spokesman for the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Abuja, Mr Ode Ogbole, replied with text message saying: "It's been rescinded". He did not give further details and did not answer subsequent telephone calls.
Culled from Daily Trust Nigeria: Another official of the ministry who chose to remain anonymous also told Daily Trust that a message from the UK government rescinding the plan had been sent to the Presidency.
Earlier yesterday, Foreign Affairs Minister Olugbenga Ashiru told journalists at the ministerial platform commemorating the mid-term anniversary of the Jonathan administration that no official communication had been received from the British government by Nigeria on the subject.
He assured Nigerians of government's readiness to defend and protect them all over the world but urged them to always conduct themselves in a manner that will portray Nigeria in good image.
Meanwhile, the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee has described the proposed UK entry bond as discriminatory and unacceptable.
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