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Ireland announces Irish "green card"

11:42 09/01/2007
Ireland 's Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment has announced major changes to the skilled immigration categories to come into effect from 1 February 2007. It should be noted that the use...

Ireland ready to sign new Irish "green card" legislation

10:13 04/01/2007
Micheàl Martin, T.D., Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment confirmed in an interview last week that the first Irish "green cards" for foreign workers will be issued "early" in 2007. The...

Netherlands introduces Dutch language test for immigrants

14:00 21/02/2006
The Netherlands is introducing its new integration policy next month by establishing Dutch language and culture tests at 138 embassies, the country's immigration minister said this week. The 30-...

Ireland debates restricting entry of EU migrants

15:01 24/01/2006
Ireland's Minister for Social and Family Affairs Seamus Brennan has defended the policy of allowing migrants from the 10 newest EU states to work freely in Ireland. An opinion poll taken recently in...

Spain's population grows thanks to immigration

16:26 21/11/2005
Spain posted its largest population increase ever last year, gaining more than 900,000 residents in a surge due almost exclusively to immigration, the Spanish government said. Spain granted amnesty...

France will not accept Spain's newly-legalized immigrants

16:42 16/05/2005
The French government has banned several hundred thousand foreigners who benefited from an immigration amnesty in Spain from working in France. It was reported that many of those people who were...

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