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Weekly news update May 17, 2006

Acute nursing shortage in Western nations continues to worsen as their population`s age. Debate continues in the United States regarding many immigration issues. The European Commission has declared 2006 to be the European Year for Workers` Mobility.

This week`s video news looks at how the series of marches that took place in the US on May 1st this year. There is currently less demand for medical doctors in UK`s National Health Service. Ireland`s booming economy has led to skills shortages in a number of fields.

US Construction subcontractors have experienced a shortage of workers during the US housing boom of recent years. Legal immigration from the ten new countries that joined the European Union in May 2004 has helped keep UK interest rates lower than otherwise might have been expected, a new report claims. US ski resorts want more H-2B short term visas and J-1 foreign exchange visas, to be issued next ski season.

This week`s video news covers the topics of immigrant labour shortages in the apple industry in Washington State, the long wait for green card applicants in the US, labour shortages in the construction industry in Canada and how Australia is enticing skilled immigrants to regional towns.

This week`s video news looks at how UK employers believe that engineering shortages and skills deficiencies are costing them money, Australia faces an acute shortage of project management skills by the year 2020, studies show that foreign trained immigrants to Quebec, Canada are able to find employment.

This week`s video news looks at how Britain needs to attract more foreign science talent in order to remain competitive, Australia announces 16 new occupations have been added to its Migration Occupations in Demand List, or MODL, Australian towns hold meetings with overseas students, migrants and local business people to explain the range of visas and the processes involved to employ foreign labour, the Irish government and trade unions come up with various proposals to improve the pay and conditions for foreign nannies and other domestic staff in Ireland.

This week`s video news presents a reminder of the upcoming deadline for applying for UK permanent residence, looks at the US` nursing shortage, Britain to invest in skills training, Australian businessmen attend a trade mission in India to search for skilled labor, the shortage of miners in Australia.

This week`s video news presents a summary of the changes to the UK immigration system to take place in mid-2007, Bill Gates lobbies for more H1B visas in the US for technical workers, some in Scotland are pushing for an Australian-style immigration system.

This week`s video news presents an overview of the changes announced to the UK`s immigration system, Australia`s desperate need for skilled workers in Canberra, skilled British workers attend a New Zealand expo about immigration to New Zealand, Pakistan establishes a new faster immigration system for foreign business travellers in its major airports.