London Mayor calls for unlimited UK immigration from Australia
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15:35 30/08/2013
Boris Johnson, the colourful mayor of London, has used his weekly column in UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph to call for Australians and New Zealanders to be given the same rights to live and work in...
Sweden joins EU Blue Card scheme
10:16 23/08/2013
As of 1st August 2013, Sweden will be part of the EU's blue card work permit scheme. Sweden is the 24th country in Europe to sign up to the scheme. The Blue Card is a European work permit. While its...
UK reports surge in Romanian/Bulgarian immigration
10:38 20/08/2013
The UK's Office for National Statistics has released figures which show that the number of Romanians and Bulgarians working in the UK rose by 26% in the second quarter of 2013. There were 141,000...
Immigration responsible for much of UK population growth
13:36 13/08/2013
Newly released figures show that the UK's population rose by 419,900 in the year to June 2012. Of this rise, about 40% (165,000) was caused by immigration and the rest by a baby boom in the UK. But...
UK benefitting from US immigration deadlock
15:42 19/07/2013
The UK's tech sector has been growing fast in recent years. Industry insiders say that this is, at least in part, because US tech companies cannot get visas to bring skilled workers into the US...
UK immigration research shows 50% of English population lives in high migration areas
15:01 11/07/2013
The UK's Home Office has released research which shows that 50% of the population of England and Wales (but not Scotland) lives in 'areas of relatively high migration'. A further 30% lives in areas...
