New trends in migration to the UK: report
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13:58 20/10/2005
New figures show that about 111,000 workers came to the UK from the new EU countries in the past year. That figure is up from 20,000, the number that arrived before EU enlargement in May 2004. The...
Immigration figures from new EU member states vary widely
14:17 02/06/2005
Germany's DIW Institute estimates that up to 150,000 people from the ten newest EU member states have immigrated to the older members since May 2004. Economic research group DIW found that more than...
US offers instructions for Eastern Europe on visa-free travel
15:59 17/05/2005
The US government has offered a "road map," or a set of instructions, on how Eastern European countries can gain visa-free travel to the US , like their Western European counterparts. US officials...
Eastern European immigrants in the UK seek better future
13:00 27/04/2005
Thousands of eastern Europeans headed to the UK last year by plane and coach, seeking a better future since their countries joined the European Union on 1 May. A year on, the BBC takes a look at...
UK work scheme for new EU members going as planned
18:07 24/02/2005
The worker registration scheme for nationals of new European Union member states employed in the UK isrunning smoothly, according to a statement released by the Home Officeon February 22. The scheme...
Poland to enter EU border agreement
13:44 27/01/2005
Further integrating Europe's immigration rules, Poland announced on January 26 that it will join the European Union's Schengen Agreement, the newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza reports. This means that when...
