Australia taking higher numbers of skilled immigrants
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9:21 27/07/2005
The number of Australia's skilled workers has increased by almost 78,000 in the past year in an effort to solve the country's skills shortage. This is the largest intake of skilled migrants since the...
UK immigration policy hurting IT industry: businessman
13:04 13/07/2005
Mike Lynch, the UK's first Internet billionaire, is criticizing the UK government for failing to attract the 'brightest and the best' from around the world. Lynch on 12 July said that the UK's IT...
Poll finds world-wide opinions on best immigration destinations
13:22 12/07/2005
A survey carried out on over 17,000 people in 16 countries, asked the question: Suppose a young person who wanted to leave this country asked you to recommend where to lead a good life, what country...
France to change its immigration system
12:37 12/07/2005
French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday announced the creation of an interministerial committee tasked with re-evaluating the country's immigration needs and its visa procedures. The...
1.4 million cases in US immigration system
18:17 28/06/2005
The number of backlogged immigration cases in the US system is about 1.4 million so far this year, down from 3.4 million for the first quarter of 2004. That information comes according to the US...
Immigration prevents "brain drain" in Australia
12:16 28/06/2005
A new study argues that Australia is not suffering a so-called "brain drain," when a country loses many of its skilled workers. The Monash University study found high immigration and the return of...
