Migrant workers work for less in Wales
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10:33 27/10/2005
Former Welsh Secretary Ron Davies says that migrant workers are paid less than local workers in Wales, and that workers from the new EU member states are forced to endure "Dickensian" labor...
New trends in migration to the UK: report
13:58 20/10/2005
New figures show that about 111,000 workers came to the UK from the new EU countries in the past year. That figure is up from 20,000, the number that arrived before EU enlargement in May 2004. The...
Immigration figures from new EU member states vary widely
14:17 02/06/2005
Germany's DIW Institute estimates that up to 150,000 people from the ten newest EU member states have immigrated to the older members since May 2004. Economic research group DIW found that more than...
Australia, Estonia, establish working holiday maker program
15:24 20/05/2005
Australia and Estonia have entered into a mutual Working Holiday Maker (WHM) arrangement for young people, Australia's Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA)...
US offers instructions for Eastern Europe on visa-free travel
15:59 17/05/2005
The US government has offered a "road map," or a set of instructions, on how Eastern European countries can gain visa-free travel to the US , like their Western European counterparts. US officials...
Eastern European immigrants in the UK seek better future
13:00 27/04/2005
Thousands of eastern Europeans headed to the UK last year by plane and coach, seeking a better future since their countries joined the European Union on 1 May. A year on, the BBC takes a look at...
