US high-tech companies lobbying Congress for immigration changes
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12:53 27/12/2006
• Watch This Video Advanced technology industrial interests in the United States are lobbying members of Congress to change immigration policies toward highly skilled immigrants. Some recent studies...
Australia - Electronic Travel Authority fee-waiver for Subclass 676 visa
13:07 21/12/2006
Amanda Vanstone, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, announced on 17 December that Australia will remove the application charge for electronic visas issued through its Electronic...
International Migrants Day
13:28 18/12/2006
• Watch This Video 18 December 2006: International Migrants Day As of the beginning of this year, at least 191 million people are living and working in a country not of their origin. One person of...
Australia's 457 visa scheme under government inquiry
14:44 15/12/2006
• Watch This Video Australia 's premium skilled foreign-worker visa scheme (commonly referred to as the 457 visa) has caused some controversy this year, and the federal government is now launching a...
Australian Prime Minister defends citizenship test and "mateship"
15:09 12/12/2006
Watch This Video Prime Minister John Howard is feeling pressured to explain the new Australian citizenship exams proposed by his government. Of current concern is how a potential citizen's "...
A Palestinian diaspora
12:44 11/12/2006
Palestinians are increasingly leaving their home to live abroad in such places as Canada and Cuba. Factories are closing down, mostly because of increasing violence and economic uncertainty. 20...
