Non-EU skilled workers win in UK immigration plan
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9:25 03/08/2006
Skilled individuals from outside the European Union (EU) were the big winners in last week's new wave of immigration policies announced by Home Secretary John Reid. The Government is keen to...
EU and Africa meet to discuss migration problems
14:22 10/07/2006
Almost 60 European and African countries met July 10 in Rabat, Morocco for a major conference on immigration, following a radical rise of illegal migrants flowing to the EU from the south. European...
UK may have over 500,000 East European immigrants
13:26 07/07/2006
Originally, Britain estimated that the inclusion of ten new member states to the EU would result in approximately 15,000 new immigrants each year. For this reason, it was decided that the UK would...
U.S. immigration debate expands to both coasts
13:08 06/07/2006
On the day that Congress began dueling hearings on competing versions of immigration reform, President Bush reasserted his desire for a comprehensive plan to give legal status to the more than 11...
OECD releases immigration statistics report for 2004
13:26 09/06/2006
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released its International Migration Outlook report for 2004. An estimated 3 to 3.5 million immigrants achieved official long-...
UN Population Commission issues report on migration
18:14 06/06/2006
The Population Commission of the United Nations concluded its session with a five-page report on international migration and immigration issues. The resolution (document E/CN.9/2007/L.5) was...
