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On 10 May 2007, European home affairs commissioner Franco Frattini met with EU ministers responsible for integration in Potsdam, Germany to discuss the topic of cultural and religious integration of immigrants into the 27-member bloc. Over the next seven years, the European Union plans to provide €825 million to help provide solutions for the issue.
New Zealand businesses are facing labor shortages and immediate measures are needed, including increased immigration, according to the Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Recent figures from Statistics New Zealand show a strong demand for labor.
"The data is consistent with the Chamber's latest survey of business confidence, which shows that employers are finding it harder to find staff. Not only skilled labor but less skilled also," said Chamber CEO Charles Finny.
The Italian government recently passed a decree which, if approved by parliament, will ease the strict immigration policies that were approved by the previous conservative government.
The Australian government announced it would be introducing a new visa aimed at hiring foreign crew members to help secure its borders.
The advocacy organization, Strangers Into Citizens, held a gathering in a rainy Trafalgar Square, London on Monday to try to garner support for many of the illegal immigrants currently in the United Kingdom. The rally was addressed by Jack Dromey, a senior official with the TGWU union and also a former Labour Party treasurer.
