Less immigration to New Zealand linked to higher unemployment
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17:43 08/06/2005
New Zealand's unemployment rate could rise as much as 0.5 percentage points in the next couple of years due to an expected decrease in new immigrants, according to the International Monetary Fund (...
UK appoints new Director General of Immigration and Nationality
14:11 07/06/2005
Lin Homer has been appointed the new Director General of the UK's Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND), Home Office Permanent Secretary John Gieve announced on June 6. Homer was selected...
New Zealand immigration rules blamed for IT skill shortage
11:06 06/06/2005
The New Zealand Immigration Service is worsening the country's IT skills shortage by refusing to acknowledge industry qualifications, according to the Information Technology Association. Jim O'Neill...
New Zealand says apply early for re-entry visas
19:52 03/06/2005
Although the New Zealand government denies claims that Iraqi citizens are being denied re-entry visas, it does warn that processing is taking longer. The government says that anyone holding New...
US' illegal immigration border patrols may increase
13:17 30/05/2005
The month-long patrols that monitored illegal immigration in Arizona may soon pop up elsewhere in the US. The organizer of the Minuteman Project -- where nearly 900 volunteers, some of them armed,...
US lawmakers battle over immigration efforts
9:14 30/05/2005
Two US senators who will oversee their party's efforts on US immigration have called for strict law enforcement as part of any temporary-worker program. Competing senators have put forward a...
