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US illegal immigration on the rise

10:39 08/10/2013
The latest figures from the Pew Hispanic Research Center suggest that the number of illegal aliens living in the US has been rising in recent years. This is likely to cause Congressional opponents of...

US immigration 'hardly impacted' by federal government shutdown

11:58 04/10/2013
A spokesman for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has said that the processing of immigration paperwork should not be greatly affected by the failure of Congress to agree...

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...

UK minister rules out illegal immigration amnesty

11:46 03/10/2013
The UK's Home Secretary, Theresa May MP, has said that the UK has no intention of granting an amnesty to illegal immigrants currently in the country. She says that this would 'send out the wrong...

UK Labour leader promises to limit immigration from outside EU

9:50 03/10/2013
Ed Miliband, the leader of the UK's opposition Labour Party has promised to cut immigration to the UK in the event that he becomes Prime Minister at the next election in 2015. He has also promised to...

Migrant workers 'treated like slaves' in Qatar

14:02 02/10/2013
A report into the conditions of migrant workers helping Qatar prepare for the football World Cup in 2022 has found that they are being treated like slaves. Some have had their passports taken away by...

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