New Dutch immigration test under attack
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12:45 06/04/2006
The Netherlands has introduced Europe's most stringent immigration requirements for would-be immigrants. Applicants for a resident visa must now pass a Dutch language test administered at the Dutch...
The US tops UN study on global immigration
12:38 06/04/2006
With the US locked in a nation wide immigration debate, latest figures reveal that the country has one-fifth of the world's immigrants within its borders. A report by the United Nations reveals that...
US senate approves shortening citizenship wait
12:09 04/04/2006
Legal immigrants fluent in English could become US citizens in 4 years rather than the current 5 years. This proposal by Senator Lamar Alexander was agreed to by the US Senate April 3. The Senate...
H-1B visa increase one step closer
13:10 30/03/2006
The US could soon be doubling the number of work visas for skilled IT specialists wishing to work in the country. The Senate committee has approved one part of a controversial immigration bill...
Immigrants happy to work for lower wages in Ireland
12:08 28/03/2006
What was once true of the Irish when settling in the US, and working for reservation wages, seems to have done a full circle with Eastern Europeans doing the same now in Ireland Irish employers are...
Thousands march in US to protest new immigration laws
19:50 27/03/2006
In the largest demonstration in California's history, well over half a million people marched through downtown Los Angeles on Saturday March 25, in defence of immigrant rights and to protest the...
