Poll shows majority in US back immigration reform
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18:04 24/01/2013
A poll of US voters released on Monday 21st January 2013 shows that 53% of those responding would support a change to the law to allow the estimated 11m immigrants currently living in the US to...
Canadian immigration sued for 'immoral' termination of visa applications
15:01 24/01/2013
A class action against the Canadian government opened in Ottawa last week. Lawyers for 1,000 people who had applied to emigrate to Canada under the Canadian Federal Skilled Worker Program are suing...
Business group prepares to spend big money for US immigration reform
17:51 22/01/2013
A group of US business leaders has announced that it is to create a fund to finance a campaign in favour of immigration reform. Carlos Gutierrez, who was commerce secretary under George W Bush, and...
Romanian ambassador dismisses UK tabloid immigration fears
14:33 21/01/2013
The Romanian ambassador to the UK, Ion Jinga, has hit out at UK press speculation that tens of thousands of Romanians and Bulgarians will come to work in the UK in 2014 once EU law allows them to do...
Microsoft presses US immigration for H-1B reform
9:18 21/01/2013
Last year, Microsoft reported that it was looking for qualified IT professionals. Last September, it announced that it had 6,000 vacancies that it could not fill, 3,400 of these were IT roles. It...
LA mayor makes six proposals for US immigration reform
19:01 17/01/2013
The Mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa has entered the immigration reform debate in the US by issuing a six-point reform plan. Mr Villaraigosa has written an article for the politico.com...