One in four babies born in UK has foreign-born father
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12:17 17/06/2013
The UK's Office for National Statistics has revealed that in 2011, 24% of babies born in the UK had a foreign-born father. Over a third of babies had one parent born overseas. The most common birth...
Survey shows immigration flows rising in OECD countries
19:47 15/06/2013
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has released its International Migration Outlook for 2013. The report shows that the level of immigration in OECD countries is rising but...
Indian MPs lobby US Congress over immigration reform
12:15 07/06/2013
Seven Indian MPs have travelled to Washington to lobby Congressmen about the comprehensive immigration reform act currently being debated by the US Congress. The MPs say that proposed changes to the...
Australian immigration minister introduces legislation to help win The Ashes
11:27 06/06/2013
Australia has a new cricketing hero; Australian immigration minister Brendan O'Connor. The Australian team needed help and Mr O'Connor has leapt to the rescue. He will not, sadly, be playing himself...
Cabinet minister seems to support removal of students from UK immigration statistics
18:50 03/06/2013
The UK's Business Secretary, Vince Cable, has told an international educational conference that the inclusion of international students in the UK's immigration statistics and negative anti-...
Canada seeks to lure high-tech immigrants from US with 'Dragon's Den' visa
12:12 29/05/2013
Canadian immigration minister Jason Kenney will travel to Silicon Valley in the US this weekend to try to tempt high-tech entrepreneurs to apply for a Canadian visa program that could see their...
