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India rebuts work visa 'abuse' allegations
News Most of those - 79 per cent - were granted to Indian IT workers being transferred to work on contracts in the UK, prompting allegations from the Association of Technology Staffing Companies (Atsco) that some of the Indian offshore outsourcing... [26 Feb 2007]
UK tech visas increase by a third
News Intra-company transfers accounted for three-quarters of all the work permits granted and Atsco claims some companies are using this to import cheap labour from overseas rather than use UK IT workers - a phenomenon dubbed "onshore offshoring". [20 Feb 2007]
UK firms importing thousands of cheap techies from India
News The Association of Technology Staffing Companies (ATSCo) said the figures, which it obtained under the Freedom of Information Act from Home Office body Work Permits UK, are the first evidence of the US phenomenon of "onshore offshoring". [21 Nov 2005]
