Immigration newsletter 03 May 2006

The US Senate will try again within weeks to break the deadlock on immigration reform, the leader of Senate business says. Bill Frist was speaking after huge demonstrations on May 1 illustrated immigrants' demands for more liberal policies.

The French parliament is set to discuss the approval of a new immigration bill which would make it harder for foreigners to work in France.

Public concern looms as the New Zealand government wants to modernize and simplify the legislation to establish a fair and fast decision-making process to protect the country's interests.

There is currently less demand for medical doctors in UK's National Health Service due to an increase of doctors trained locally and cash shortages in the NHS. Estimates show the lack of funds could be as high as one billion pounds.