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The French parliament is set to discuss the approval of a new immigration bill which would make it harder for foreigners to work in France.
The proposals, drawn up by French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, demand that newcomers learn French and the country's culture. They also favour highly skilled workers over those who are less qualified.
The New Zealand government wants to modernize and simplify the legislation to establish a fair and fast decision-making process to protect the country's interests. There are, however, plenty of public concerns with a few of the new proposals.
If you are a national of one of the new EU Countries from one of the former Eastern Bloc Countries you will normally need to come under the Worker Registration Scheme. The number of people coming to the UK from these Countries has been much greater than expected with hundreds of thousands of people coming to the UK.
The UK worker registration scheme form will be available from 9 June 2006. This is the only change to the form since October 2005. The old worker registration scheme form can be used until 18 June 2006. From 19 June 2006 you must use the new version of the form.
The US Senate will try again within weeks to break the deadlock on immigration reform, the leader of Senate business says. Bill Frist was speaking after huge demonstrations on May 1 illustrated immigrants' demands for more liberal policies.
Congress is caught between competing bills that would either criminalise or legitimise illegal immigrants. But Mr Frist said his attempts at reconciliation would focus on "border security first and foremost."
He said any reform should start "by tightening our borders."
On 1 May hundreds of thousands of people in the US marched in support of immigrant rights CNN reports.
The organizers of a series of nationwide marches "A day without immigrants" asked those opposing tighter restrictions on immigration namely immigrants themselves to boycott businesses and not go to School or College for the day.
Thousand of immigrants and their supporters did not turn up for work or go to college. There were rallies all round the US:
France is suffering due to a domestic labour force that does not have the relevant skills necessary for the economy and levels of unemployment that have been a constant problem for the country for close to a decade. The issue is pitting employers pushing for easier entry for foreign labour against politicians who are trying to avoid an anti-immigration backlash before the 2007 presidential elections.