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Shortage of professional & labor skills being felt in Eastern Europe

9:07 11/06/2007
• Watch This Video Eastern European nations who have recently joined the European Union have seen enormous growth in emigration of their citizens to other countries. Economic growth coupled with low...

Slovenia's work permit quota reached for 2007

11:51 05/06/2007
• Watch This Video For the first time in a decade, Slovenia has reached its yearly work permit quota for non- European Union citizens in 2007. The quota was set at approximately 54,000 permits,...

Simplified visa regime for Russia and the EU

11:04 05/06/2007
• Watch This Video The European Union and Russia will put a simplified visa regime in place beginning from 01 June 2007, a product of talks at the Russia-EU summit in May 2006 in the Russian resort...

Switzerland relaxes immigration laws for most European nations

9:38 04/06/2007
• Watch This Video The Swiss government relaxed its immigration laws on 01 June 2007, allowing more workers from Western European nations to seek employment within the country. The new rules will...

'Lives beyond the workplace' in the UK, new study

11:18 01/06/2007
• Watch This Video A new report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation studies the lives of migrants into the United Kingdom from Central and Eastern Europe before and after the European Union expansion...

UK farmers in dire need of workers

11:47 30/05/2007
• Watch This Video NOTE: New workpermit.com page in our United Kingdom section - Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS) Farmers continue to plead for the Home Office to relax quotas to allow...

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