New Zealand immigration hits 11-year high
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16:42 08/05/2014
Net immigration to New Zealand rose to 31,900 in the year to March 2014, the highest figure for eleven years and the second highest level ever. The highest number of immigrants were from the People's...
Singapore is world's most expensive city for expats
12:31 20/03/2014
A new survey by The Economist has found that Singapore is the most expensive city to live in in the world for expatriates. Singapore is a very expensive place to buy clothes, manufactured goods and...
Australian immigration force accused of breaching refugee treaty
15:06 28/01/2014
Indonesia is investigating claims from asylum seekers that Australian border guards intercepted boats sailing from Indonesian waters attempting to reach Australian territory; they then forced the...
Australian senator calls for 35m population through immigration
15:41 13/01/2014
Sam Dastyari, an Australian Labor Party senator from New South Wales, has written an article in Australian newspaper The Australian calling for a 'big Australia'. Mr Dastyari says 'I believe in a big...
Senior Democrat predicts Republican 'cave in' on US immigration reform
10:27 19/12/2013
Harry Reid, the leader of the Democrats in the US Senate, has predicted that John Boehner, the speaker of the House of Representatives ('The House'), will eventually 'cave in' and allow a vote on the...
Migrants prepare to take advantage of Australia Indonesia dispute
14:07 29/11/2013
Sri Lankan migrants hoping to reach Australia have told journalists that they hope to take advantage of a diplomatic rift between Australia and Indonesia to make the crossing from Indonesia to...
