Young Iranians immigrating to West in large numbers
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17:35 31/05/2005
Around 150,000 frustrated Iranian graduates leave Iran each year, hoping to find better paying jobs in the West. Young, educated Iranians say it is too difficult to find a job in their home country...
New Miss Universe hopes to be a role model for immigrants
11:23 31/05/2005
Natalie Glebova, the newly-crowned Miss Universe, a Canadian from Russia, said she hopes to be a role model for immigrants all over the world. The dark-haired, green-eyed 23-year-old beat four...
Fewer Chinese choosing to study abroad
19:06 30/05/2005
The number of Chinese students applying for overseas student visas is dropping, says an official with the British embassy to China. "More and more Chinese students seem to be losing interest in...
US' illegal immigration border patrols may increase
13:17 30/05/2005
The month-long patrols that monitored illegal immigration in Arizona may soon pop up elsewhere in the US. The organizer of the Minuteman Project -- where nearly 900 volunteers, some of them armed,...
UK SBS quotas temporarily extended
11:24 30/05/2005
The Sectors Based Scheme quota for 2004-05 will continue to operate beyond 31 May 2005, the day that the quota was due to end. As announced on 21 January 2005, the SBS pilot is currently the subject...
US lawmakers battle over immigration efforts
9:14 30/05/2005
Two US senators who will oversee their party's efforts on US immigration have called for strict law enforcement as part of any temporary-worker program. Competing senators have put forward a...
