Republicans say US immigration reform bill is dead
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9:27 14/11/2013
Representative Kevin McCarthy, the Republican Party's whip in the House of Representatives ('the House') has said that there will be no vote on a comprehensive immigration reform bill in the House...
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...
Immigrants to UK have contributed £25bn since 2000
16:21 12/11/2013
Analysis of government data by academics at University College London has shown that immigrants who came to the UK between 2000 and 2011 contributed £25bn to the UK economy. The research also showed...
Study criticises UK's 'tens of thousands' immigration target
10:52 11/11/2013
Academics at University College London have published a report criticising the UK's Coalition government for its policy of reducing net immigration to 'tens of thousands' a year by 2015. The report,...
House Republicans back US immigration reform bill
12:35 08/11/2013
Two Republican members of the House of Representatives have endorsed a comprehensive immigration reform act that would radically overhaul the US immigration system. The Act is broadly speaking the...
New opposition leader says Australia should increase immigration
11:13 07/11/2013
Bill Shorten, the new leader of the Australian Labor Party has told an Australian television audience that Australia should increase the number of immigrants it admits each year. Mr Shorten became...
