Australia will legislate to enable more boat people to be sent to Nauru
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9:27 31/10/2012
The Australian government is preparing to pass legislation which will enable Australia to deport asylum seekers who manage to reach the Australian mainland by boat to offshore processing camps on...
Labour MP calls UK's citizenship test for immigrants 'frustrating'
13:44 30/10/2012
A Labour MP has caused some controversy by suggesting that immigrants to the UK know more about the country than native Britons. Sadiq Khan the Labour MP for Tooting, south London, himself the child...
A quarter of UK children born to immigrant mothers
12:42 30/10/2012
New figures released by the UK's Office for National Statistics show that 24% of babies born in the UK last year (2011) were born to women who were born outside the UK. The ONS said that 'the...
Canadian immigration minister says he will reform student visa system
10:08 26/10/2012
Jason Kenney, the Canadian immigration minister, has said that he approves of measures taken by the British government to reform its student visa system and intends to reform the Canadian visa system...
Lords debate income threshold for Britons with spouse immigrating to UK
9:01 26/10/2012
The second chamber of the UK parliament, the House of Lords, debated a change to the UK's immigration rules on Tuesday 23rd October. In June 2012, the UK government announced a range of changes to...
Census statistics show Canada is changing due to immigration
19:53 25/10/2012
Canadian government census figures show that there are now 200 languages spoken in Canada. The first Canadian census was held in 1871. Since 1956, censuses have been held every five years. The most...
