UK, Spain, Germany, and Italy: most popular EU immigration destinations
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16:13 26/01/2011
The United Kingdom , Spain , Germany , and Italy topped the charts for non-EU immigration in 2008, according to the latest figures from Eurostat. Each of the four Countries allowed in 100,000...
EU Blue Card for skilled immigrants to be introduced soon
10:26 26/01/2011
The EU Commission is pushing forward with a directive to implement a skilled immigration "blue card" which would allow migrants from non-EU countries to live and work in the European Union on a...
New report says Germany will need to increase immigration
10:17 24/01/2011
A new study says that Germany needs to reduce skilled labour gaps by increasing immigration and hiring more women. The number of potential workers in Germany is expected to fall by 6.5 million to 38...
Research shows immigrants earn more in US than Canada
11:14 17/01/2011
A new Statistics Canada study shows that highly skilled migrants in Canada earn significantly lower salaries than migrants in the United States. From 1980 to 2005, highly skilled Canadian immigrants...
Study: Low-skilled immigration benefits US economy
19:29 14/01/2011
A new study by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) finds that low-skilled immigration to the United States benefits consumers, employers and skilled workers. "In contrast to the broad consensus that...
Points based immigration systems
17:37 14/01/2011
Many countries allow entry of economic migrants based on a points based system that assesses an applicant's likelihood of finding a job and contributing to the economy. In general, the more highly...
