EU statistics agency says immigration is driving population growth
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16:54 25/11/2013
The EU's population rose by 1.1m in 2012 to 505.7m with 882,200 (80%) of this rise caused by net immigration according to Eurostat, the body responsible for collating statistics for the EU. Eurostat...
US Republicans want 'economic-based immigration' system
11:22 22/11/2013
Former Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Paul Ryan has told a conference that the Republicans want to remodel the US immigration system from 'family based immigration to an economic-based...
Immigration to grow UK population by 6m in next 25 years
16:51 12/11/2013
The UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS) says that the population of the UK is set to grow by nearly 10m over the next 25 years and calculates that 5.8m of that rise will be caused directly or...
London mayor is 'only UK politician who is openly pro-immigration'
19:49 04/11/2013
Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, has told an audience at City Hall, the home of London's government, that he is 'probably about the only politician I know of who is actually willing to stand up...
Negative reaction to UK immigration bill
11:16 23/10/2013
A range of voices have criticised the UK government's immigration bill which was announced by the Home Secretary on 10th October 2013. The bill has united lawyers, doctors, unions and, astonishingly...
New Zealand has benefited from temporary migration
11:06 04/10/2013
A new report commissioned by New Zealand's Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has found that temporary immigration has had, overall, a positive effect on employment and wages for native...
