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Companies in Norway are in dire need of workers and are tired of the hassles foreigners face in getting permission to work in the northern European country, according to Norwegian newspaper, Aftenposten.
Australia is reporting that New Zealand has overtaken the United Kingdom as the largest source of permanent migrants to its country.
New Zealand immigration figures forAugust show that fewer migrants are migrating to the Pacific islandnation and more NewZealand citizens are leaving the country compared to the sametime last year.
More criticism has been lodged at the United Kingdom government's changes to the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS), this time from Alistair Ewan, the director of East of Scotland Growers (ESG).
The Canadian federal government and the province of Nova Scotia have signed a new immigration agreement that will allow the province to attract more skilled workers from overseas.
According to Immigration Minister Yolande James, Quebec will have to increase immigration to meet its workforce needs. Her comments come in the wake of debates on the subject of immigration.