Website lures New Zealanders home with cheap condoms
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11:27 06/12/2005
A new government website to entice Kiwis home from Britain cites cheaper condoms and Big Macs as incentives for returning to New Zealand. A list comparing English and New Zealand prices on the...
Au pairs in Finland subject to taxes
14:08 01/11/2005
There are as many as several hundred au pairs (nannies) working in families in Finland, and the Finnish tax authorities regard them as illegal labour. The problem is that Finland has not ratified the...
Strange US birth tale leaves Russian man stateless
9:21 25/10/2005
How do you prove you're a U.S. citizen if you can't even prove where you were born? How do you get a Social Security number to get a job or a passport so you can travel? The Seattle Times looks at...
East European immigrants transforming London
16:47 24/10/2005
Nearly a year and a half after the expansion of the European Union, waves of East Europeans have washed into Britain . The New York Times reports. They work as bus drivers, farmhands and dentists, as...
Immigrants rush to New Orleans as builders fight for workers
17:00 11/10/2005
In New Orleans, in the US , which is starting the long task of cleaning up after hurricane Katrina, the signs are handwritten and simply worded, such as "Workers Wanted" or "Need 50 Laborers Now!"...
Elderly, disabled may have trouble getting US citizenship
19:10 26/09/2005
Elderly and disabled immigrants are suffering hardships because of restrictions on citizenship applications by US Citizenship and Immigration Services, according to some US agencies that aid...
