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EU - Sweden opens labour market to new EU workers

13:05 29/04/2004
In a Parliament session yesterday, MPs rejected a proposal made by the Social Democrat party in power to restrict the entry of workers from the new EU accession countries. This means that Sweden will...

UK - SAWS quotas to be reduced under immigration review

13:12 28/04/2004
With the EU enlargement date looming, Prime Minister Tony Blair announced plans to review UK immigration policy. Business leaders were told that abuses of the immigration system will be prevented by...

UK - Workers Registration Scheme for new EU members

12:58 14/04/2004
The Home Office has recently announced Workers Registration Scheme that set out transitional measures that will apply to nationals from the new EU member states. These will allow nationals of eight...

New Skilled Visas for Regional Australia

9:21 07/04/2004
Media release from the Australian government, 23 March 2004. The Australian Government recently announced that it will introduce a new visa for skilled migrants who are prepared to live and work in...

Australian Skilled Migration pass mark increased

9:21 01/04/2004
Today the Australian Government announced an increase in the pass mark for the General Skilled-Independent visa category for migration to Australia from 115 to 120 points. This will increase the...

UK suspends visas from Romania and Bulgaria

18:39 31/03/2004
Home Secretary David Blunkett has announced the suspension of all immigration applications from Romania and Bulgaria as the Government launches an inquiry to investigate claims that certain cases,...

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