The Filipino emigrant workforce
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19:21 26/09/2014
Beginning in the 1970s the Philippines has focused on exporting labor overseas. In the first years of this new policy the numbers were relatively small, in the tens of thousands, but this continually...
UK Firms complain as Tier 2 visas become harder to get
18:55 19/07/2013
A leading UK lifestyle management company has said that it may have to move parts of its operations overseas because it has become so difficult to bring in skilled staff with Tier 2 (General) skilled...
UK Prime Minister says it is wrong to dismiss those who fear immigration
9:42 12/06/2013
David Cameron, the Prime Minister of the UK, delivered a speech on 10th June 2013 saying that it was wrong to belittle those with legitimate concerns about immigration. Mr Cameron gave a speech in...
Half a million people sought asylum in developed world in 2012 says UN
9:20 25/03/2013
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has issued a report which says that 479,300 people from the developing world sought asylum in the developed world in 2012. The number is the...
Immigrants prospering in OECD countries
15:33 10/12/2012
Immigrants made up 10% of the population in OECD countries in 2010, according to a new report from the OECD. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development was founded in 1961 by 20...
Some Tier 2 sponsorship licences must be renewed by 26th November
15:08 25/09/2012
The first licences for employers to sponsor migrant workers for visas under the UK's points-based visa system were granted on 26th November 2008. Licences last for four years so those licences will...
