Surge of foreign workers raises UK migration debate
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16:39 23/08/2006
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15:58 22/08/2006
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10:54 22/08/2006
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Immigration fails to stem European population loss
10:00 21/08/2006
• Watch This Video Three million people a year migrate from developing countries to industrialized nations, a population research group said today as it announced its annual findings. Almost half of...
US electronic passport program takes effect
16:05 18/08/2006
• Watch This Video This week the United States began issuing passports embedded with 'smart chips;' small memory chips that can be read with computer scanners that have information about the person...
South African nurses face tough new UK restrictions
16:59 17/08/2006
Thousands of South African nurses working in the UK could be forced to return home because of new immigration rules introduced by the British Government recently. Under the new regime, employers in...
