Migrant workers 'treated like slaves' in Qatar
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14:02 02/10/2013
A report into the conditions of migrant workers helping Qatar prepare for the football World Cup in 2022 has found that they are being treated like slaves. Some have had their passports taken away by...
Global Visas closes Indian offices
15:10 01/10/2013
The Indian offices of Global Visas closed without warning on 20th September 2013. Global Visas had two offices in India; one in Delhi and the other in Mumbai. Local sources report that the offices...
Sorrell says UK and US need more skilled immigration
18:38 09/09/2013
The chief executive of the world's largest advertising agency, WPP, has said that the UK and the US need skilled immigrants to provide the staff for many different sectors of the economy including...
More than 6m Syrians displaced by conflict
14:52 05/09/2013
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has said that more than 6m people have now been displaced from their homes because of the civil war. Of these, over 2m have fled the country...
Matt Damon's new film is 'a metaphor for immigration'
12:19 23/08/2013
American movie star Matt Damon has told the British national broadcaster The BBC that his new film, Elysium, is a metaphor for immigration. Mr Damon was speaking to the BBC television's Breakfast...
Gaga and Madonna accused of breaking Russian visa rules
18:53 02/08/2013
A Russian politician has accused two American pop stars, Lady Gaga and Madonna of breaching Russian visa rules. Vitaly Milonov, a member of the St Petersburg assembly, claims that the two stars...
