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Immigration under fire in New Zealand

9:57 26/08/2005
Immigration has come under political debate in New Zealand . New Zealand First says that the Labour and National Party's immigration policies have not ended skill shortages, and are keeping New...

Australian immigration officials blamed for elderly woman's death

18:14 25/08/2005
Australian Immigration officials are facing possible legal action after being accused of contributing to the death of an elderly Syrian woman seeking to extend a visitor visa due to ill health. While...

Research proves benefits of skilled worker immigration

15:02 24/08/2005
Immigration of skilled workers is 10 times more valuable to the economy than immigration of unskilled workers, new statistical research shows. While unskilled immigrants produce many benefits for...

Asylum applications to UK down by 21% from last year

9:49 24/08/2005
The number of asylum applications to the UK has dropped, but the UK government said it is not removing failed applicants from the country fast enough. There were 6,220 asylum applications to Britain...

New Zealand aims to bring New Zealanders home

12:16 23/08/2005
The New Zealand Government is trying to encourage its own expatriate New Zealanders to come home. More than 460,000 New Zealand-born citizens - or 14 per cent of the NZ-born population - live...

New York must pay same benefits to immigrants as to citizens: court

11:33 22/08/2005
A New York state judge ruled on 18 Aug., that New York state must pay the same benefits to legal immigrants as it does to US citizens, even though the US federal government has stopped paying its...

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