Ruling in Canada may affect processing of disabled immigrants
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16:39 24/10/2005
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that two would-be immigrant families with disabled children should be allowed into Canada. The court ruled those children will not place "excessive demands" on...
When immigrants overstay visas, US does little
13:53 24/10/2005
The US Department of Homeland Security frequently fails to follow up on leads that foreign visitors have overstayed their visas, the agency's inspector general says in a new report. The result is an...
UK immigration hit record high in 2004
17:23 21/10/2005
Immigration to the UK hit a record high in 2004, new statistics have revealed. A total of 494,100 non-Britons migrated to the UK, an increase of 21% on the 2003 figure of 406,800. As reported earlier...
New trends in migration to the UK: report
13:58 20/10/2005
New figures show that about 111,000 workers came to the UK from the new EU countries in the past year. That figure is up from 20,000, the number that arrived before EU enlargement in May 2004. The...
Bush pushes for US guest worker plan
14:19 19/10/2005
US President George W. Bush sought support for his guest worker plan for foreigners, hoping to persuade conservatives by promising to fight illegal immigration. Bush and his advisers are caught...
Canadian minister wants to make international adoptions easier
19:39 17/10/2005
Foreign-born children adopted by Canadians would be made instant citizens under legislation to be announced by the federal government. Ottawa says the move is about treating adopted children equally...
