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In the hope of encouraging skilled immigration to low population and low growth areas, Australia will give potential migrants an additional 10 points for those moving to those areas . Successful applicants who have been sponsored by a state or territory government will be granted a three-year temporary visa, with settlement in regional/low growth areas of Australia.

Two visa support centers have opened up this week. The German embassy has opened up a call centre in New Delhi , and the UK has opened a UK visa application center in Bangladesh .

Leaders of the largest EU countries met this week in Geneva , and near the top of their agenda was illegal immigration. They agreed to adopt stricter controls at airports, and work on repatriating illegal immigrants.

This week's immigration news included a real-life version of Tom...

Two European countries this week made the immigration headlines, with changes to their immigration policies likely in the future. An opinion piece pointed out that Germany's immigration policy could become a focus in Germany's upcoming elections , and that with the lowest birthrate in all of Europe, Germany will have to change its policies. France, meanwhile, has established a commission to make recommendations on how the country should change its immigration policies. It is possible that France will switch to a points-based immigration system, according to the article.

A recent poll around the world found opinions on the best places in the world for young people to immigrate to . British citizens recommended Australia, while Americans chose Canada. Indians preferred the United States.

Mike Lynch, the UK's first Internet billionaire, has spoken out against the UK's immigration system...

Canada's Prince Edward Island is sponsoring a study about its immigrants in order to prepare its new population strategy, to be released later this summer. The new population strategy will include plans to convince former Islanders to return home, and to prevent people living there already from leaving. However, a large part of the plan will focus on bringing more immigrants from foreign countries to the Island .

Hoping to promote economic growth in Australia's Riverina region of New South Wales, the Riverina Regional Development Board is encouraging applications from skilled people who are interested in migrating using the Skilled Independent Regional (SIR) Visa . The SIR visa allows you to live and work in regional Australia with the option to apply for permanent residence after a period of time.

US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, called on the...

The Australian government is making an effort to attract more skilled workers , and it shows. The country is seeing the largest number of new skilled immigrants since the 1980s. If you are interested in finding out if you might qualify for skilled immigration to Australia, please try our free points calculator .

New Zealand reports that it is attracting many young, female immigrants . The reasons aren't exactly clear, but it could be because New Zealand's men are marrying abroad and bringing their foreign brides home. Additionally, New Zealand is trying to attract nurses and care givers, which are jobs traditionally held by women. Whatever the reason, between the ages of 20 to 49, there are now 53,000 more women than men in New Zealand. You can learn more about immigration to...