Record level of UK work permits issued
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15:20 24/01/2009
More than 151,000 overseas nationals from outside the EU were granted permission to work: almost four times the level when Labor took power in 1997. It was announced to MPs that 151,635 work visa...
Funding to help UK Immigrants
13:09 21/01/2009
The UK Border Agency has announced a call for tender for the European Integration Fund 2007-2008. Applications to the fund which has a value of approximately five million have to be submitted by 6...
UK Immigration and new advertising requirements
9:00 20/01/2009
New UK immigration policy means that employers will first need to advertise jobs within the UK before advertising abroad. Employers will need to first advertise jobs for two weeks in the Government's...
UK work restrictions for Bulgarians and Romanians to continue
17:28 07/01/2009
On 18 December 2008 the Government announced that for the time being Bulgarians and Romanians will not get free access to the British labour market. It is interesting to note that Bulgarians and...
Switzerland: 25th signatory to the Schengen Agreement
11:55 17/12/2008
On 12 December, Switzerland added its name to the list of countries that have adopted the Schengen Agreement and In doing so became the 25th member of the group, which has no border controls for...
EU population approaching half a billion due to migration
10:32 16/12/2008
A net inflow of migrants helped push the population of the European Union close to half a billion people in 2008 according to figures released this week in Brussels. The data released by the 27-...
