Immigration to UK doubled over ten years: report
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16:48 09/06/2005
The number of people who migrated to the UK was 512,600 in 2003, compared with 328,400 in 1991. The 2003 figure is nearly double the 1993 figure of 265,100. The UK's Office of National Statistics...
Immigrants using Zambia as a gateway to UK
10:46 09/06/2005
Foreign nationals are using Zambia as a gateway to the United Kingdom and South Africa . Zambia's Immigration Department deputy public relations officer Greenwell Lyempe said the department has...
Less immigration to New Zealand linked to higher unemployment
17:43 08/06/2005
New Zealand's unemployment rate could rise as much as 0.5 percentage points in the next couple of years due to an expected decrease in new immigrants, according to the International Monetary Fund (...
US releases guide for new immigrants
12:38 08/06/2005
The US Office of Citizenship and Immigration Services has unveiled a guide aimed at recently arrived legal immigrants to the US . The guide provides basic civic education and practical tips for...
UK appoints new Director General of Immigration and Nationality
14:11 07/06/2005
Lin Homer has been appointed the new Director General of the UK's Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND), Home Office Permanent Secretary John Gieve announced on June 6. Homer was selected...
Immigrant son becomes mayor of major UK city
10:02 07/06/2005
Mohammed Afzal Khan, who arrived in the UK in the 1970's as a bewildered 12-year-old who spoke no English, has become the first Asian lord mayor of the British city of Manchester. Twenty percent of...
