Immigration news

New figures from Statistics New Zealand show that migration flows into New Zealand are continuing to slow.

According to a new study, migrants working abroad in industrialized nations sent home U.S. $300 billion in 2006.

United Kingdom Immigration Minister Liam Byrne set out a 12 month program of "sweeping changes" to Britain's immigration system and strategy during a speech to Essex representatives in education, business, and local government on 16 October 2007.

The former president of Ireland, speaking at Notre Dame's Washington Hall, said that immigration brings "new and complex challenges to the Irish identity".

The deadline for passing a 2005 European Union directive into national law for setting out specific procedures to allow third-country nationals into the EU for the purpose of scientific research passed on 12 October 2007.

Two organizations that usually find themselves on the opposite sides of the fence on immigration issues such as H-1B visas have joined forces to urge United States lawmakers to ease the retention of highly skilled immigrants.