Portuguese immigration issues 318 'golden visas'
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15:00 03/12/2013
In the last year, Portuguese immigration has issued 318 'Golden Visas' under its Golden Visa and Golden Residence Permit Schemes. Most have been issued to Chinese nationals who have invested in...
Pressure grows within EU for immigration controls for Romanians and Bulgarians
14:25 29/11/2013
On 1st January 2014, transitional controls preventing most citizens of Bulgaria and Romania from traveling to live and work freely throughout the EU will expire. The controls were put in place in...
Switzerland to hold February 2014 referendum on immigration quotas
19:40 28/11/2013
Switzerland will hold a referendum on 9th February 2014 on whether to impose quotas on the number of immigrants it will accept from European Union countries. The Swiss government is recommending that...
More EU countries launch 'golden visas'
11:16 28/11/2013
If you have money to spare and want to live in the European Union, there are now quite a few options open to you. The UK has had its Tier 1 (Investor) visa since 2008. Latvia launched its Immigrant...
Poll shows UK public in favour of economic immigration
14:40 27/11/2013
The YouGov polling organisation has carried out polling in the UK recently which shows that the UK's population has complex views on immigration. On the whole, people in the UK approve of economic...
EU statistics agency says immigration is driving population growth
16:54 25/11/2013
The EU's population rose by 1.1m in 2012 to 505.7m with 882,200 (80%) of this rise caused by net immigration according to Eurostat, the body responsible for collating statistics for the EU. Eurostat...
