New Zealand immigration hits 11-year high
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16:42 08/05/2014
Net immigration to New Zealand rose to 31,900 in the year to March 2014, the highest figure for eleven years and the second highest level ever. The highest number of immigrants were from the People's...
UK 'would fall apart' if immigrants left
19:36 07/05/2014
The UK would 'fall apart' if all immigrants currently living in the country decided to leave tomorrow, according to a well-respected London think-tank. Tim Finch, associate director of migration at...
UK Conservatives fear electoral disaster over EU immigration figures
15:51 06/05/2014
The Conservative Party, the largest party in the UK parliament and the senior partner in the UK's Coalition government, fears that the release of immigration figures could adversely affect its...
Canadian academic calls for end to Temporary Foreign Worker Program
13:58 06/05/2014
A Canadian academic has called on the federal government to close the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) and, instead, to grant more permanent residence visas to international workers. Professor...
London Mayor: UK should grant immigration amnesty
17:55 02/05/2014
The maverick mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has called on the UK government to grant an immigration amnesty to all illegal immigrants who have been in the country for ten years. Mr Johnson said 'The...
UK admits £500m immigration system cannot count immigrants
17:43 02/05/2014
The UK's Home Office, the government department responsible for immigration matters, has admitted that a computerised immigration checking system which has cost at least £500m to develop doesn't work...
