US high-tech companies lobbying Congress for immigration changes
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12:53 27/12/2006
• Watch This Video Advanced technology industrial interests in the United States are lobbying members of Congress to change immigration policies toward highly skilled immigrants. Some recent studies...
European Union Services Directive approved for free movement
9:55 22/12/2006
Just in time for the New Year, the European Parliament last week signed into law a fiercely debated piece of European Union legislation aimed at rejuvenating Europe's massive services sector. A...
Immigration to Sweden reaches new record
13:18 21/12/2006
Sweden's statistics office reported on 19 December that immigration to Sweden is expected to reach a record high this year, in part due to a temporary easing of asylum rules. Preliminary data showed...
UK may compel foreigners to register identity data by 2008
19:25 20/12/2006
The UK government may force foreign nationals living in Britain to register their biometric data by 2008, aiming to curb illegal immigration and identity fraud costing £1.7 billion ($3.3 billion) a...
300,000 Russians in the UK, "Londongrad" a prime location
13:59 19/12/2006
• Watch This Video It has long been known that London is a magnet for Russian dissidents and billionaires. For that matter, London and the United Kingdom have been the destination of the elite and...
International Migrants Day
13:28 18/12/2006
• Watch This Video 18 December 2006: International Migrants Day As of the beginning of this year, at least 191 million people are living and working in a country not of their origin. One person of...
