UK MPs ask Prime Minister to remove students from immigration figures
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9:51 04/02/2013
The chairmen and chairwoman of five influential UK parliamentary committees have signed an open letter to the UK's Prime Minister David Cameron asking him to remove international students from the UK...
London mayor calls for a cap on EU immigration
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Obama outlines framework for US immigration reform
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US senators propose rise in number of H-1B visas
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Four senators, two Republicans and two Democrats, have come together to sponsor a new bill in the Senate that could, if it became law, see the US grant 300,000 H-1B visas a year. It would also see a...