UK immigration Minister claims the country is "addicted" to immigrants
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9:08 10/03/2012
UK Immigration Minister Damian Green claimed this week that the UK remains open to skilled immigrants but the country has become "addicted" to hiring foreign workers. "Like all addictions, it takes...
Canadian immigration tightens spousal sponsorship rules
15:14 09/03/2012
Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced 5 March that the government was tightening spousal sponsorship rules in an ongoing effort to deter people from undertaking...
Working Abroad Expo in Ireland attracts many would-be immigrants
14:27 09/03/2012
More than 20,000 job-seekers visited the Working Abroad Expo in Dublin on 5 March. Future immigrants came to find what work opportunities were available abroad in countries like Canada , Australia ,...
Canada continues to admit high numbers of skilled immigrants and those on family based Super Visas
11:11 09/03/2012
According to preliminary data just released by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), Canada continued to admit a high number of new immigrants into the country in 2011. According to the data,...
US finalizing plans on immigrant exit-tracking system and those overstaying their US visa
12:27 08/03/2012
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is finalizing its plan for a biometric data system to track when immigrants leave the US and immigrants who have overstayed their visas. Immigration...
Asylum-seekers transferred or given Australian visas following closure of detention centre
11:16 08/03/2012
Australian Immigration Minister Chris Bowen announced the closure of the Pontville Immigration Detention Centre in Tasmania on March 6. Bowen said the last 12 detainees out of the original 113 people...
