UK seems likely to miss immigration target
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18:21 02/09/2013
The UK's Office for National Statistics has released figures which show that the latest net migration figure has risen by 23,000. In the year to December 2012, the UK net immigration figure stood at...
Australia issues more working holiday visas
17:30 02/09/2013
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London Mayor calls for unlimited UK immigration from Australia
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New Guinea to create new visa for Australian asylum seekers
9:34 09/08/2013
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Indian business says UK immigration bonds will damage trade
13:22 02/08/2013
A spokesman for the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has said that a UK government plan to require Indian nationals applying for UK visas to pay security bonds are 'a...
