Labour peer calls for an end to 'elite consensus' on immigration
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15:22 04/01/2013
A Labour member of the House of Lords has said that the government should open up a 'democratic debate' around immigration. Lord Glasman is a professor of politics at London Metropolitan University...
London Mayor offers support for pro-immigration pressure group
12:04 04/01/2013
The Mayor of London has given his support to the Migration Matters Trust. The Trust was established last year but will be officially launched in January 2013. Boris Johnson, the Conservative mayor of...
Immigration contributes to Australian population growth
18:42 02/01/2013
Australia's population grew by 1.6% or 359,600 people in the year to the end of June 2012. 58% of that rise was caused by immigration. The population reached 22.7m in July, according to the...
White House to campaign for immigration reform in 2013
14:44 31/12/2012
President Obama has told Latino pressure groups that he will do everything he can to reform the US's immigration system in 2013. But first, he has asked for their help in helping to pull the US back...
Former UK Prime Minister Blair criticises successor on immigration
10:27 31/12/2012
Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the UK between 1997 and 2007, made a rare visit to the UK parliament at Westminster on Tuesday 18 th December 2012 and walked into, or perhaps created, a row about...
UN launches appeal for Syria
15:27 22/12/2012
The United Nations has issued a request for US$1.5bn to help support 5m Syrians displaced by the Syrian conflict. The UN has said that it needs US$519.6m to support 4m people internally displaced in...
