UK trade unions fight for higher pay for migrant workers
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17:03 16/09/2005
UK trade unions announced that they do not support the EU's new rules that allow firms to pay migrant workers poverty wages. The TUC opposed the EU services directive that will enable migrant workers...
Australia to return 8000 revoked visas to foreign students
13:20 16/09/2005
Flawed paperwork has forced the Australian Immigration Department to give back 8000 visas to foreign students who had lost the right to study because of poor grades or low class attendance. The...
UK supports managed migration: statement
18:33 08/09/2005
The Home Office, Confederation of British Industries and the Trades Union Congress issued a joint commitment to support managed migration in the interests of the UK economy. The statement says: The...
Record number of illegal immigrants die in US heat
11:46 02/09/2005
Record numbers of illegal immigrants who cross into the US from Mexico have died in the heat of the Arizona desert in the past year. At least 229 immigrants are known to have died since 1 October...
US immigration faces crisis
10:45 26/08/2005
Within the last week, two US states along the border with Mexico - Arizona and New Mexico - have declared states of emergency due to soaring violence and human and drug smuggling connected to illegal...
New York must pay same benefits to immigrants as to citizens: court
11:33 22/08/2005
A New York state judge ruled on 18 Aug., that New York state must pay the same benefits to legal immigrants as it does to US citizens, even though the US federal government has stopped paying its...
