September 2012 International Relocation and Moving Abroad News Archive

A second batch of Sri Lankan men departed Christmas Island on Saturday after opting to return to their homeland instead of being transferred to Nauru to wait for their asylum claims to be processed. Immigration Minister Chris Bowen said that frequent transfers to Nauru coupled with more Sri Lankans choosing to head home is proof that...

A British couple held for 66 hours by police after burglars were shot at their home have moved to Australia because of worries about a revenge attack. Andy and Tracey Ferrie have quit the UK to be away from the “living nightmare” that they have gone through since the incident occurred one month ago. Two men have now been sent to prison...

The Irish government has published new data which indicates that up to 40,000 people quit the Emerald Isle each year as a result of disheartening employment prospects. However, analysts have said that such a rate of emigration is among the reasons that the jobless rate is not at an even higher level. The Central Statistics Office revealed...

Football clubs throughout Ireland are feeling the effect of emigration, with some clubs seeing up to half their players heading for pastures new over the last couple of years. Figures have been published by the country’s Central Statistics Office which show that from April 2010 to April 2011 around 40,200 Irish citizens moved overseas, a...

The Pope has said that young Lebanon Christians should not turn to emigration as a way of reaction to some trying circumstances in the Middle East state. He insisted that they were part of the country’s future and should working towards creating better relations with Muslims and ensuring there is greater religious freedom, cooperation...

Mexico’s population loss increased to 27.6 people per 10,000 inhabitants between April and June this year, the highest level it has been at since 2008, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI). The population loss, which was last at a similar level at the start of the global financial crisis in 2008, is...

Canada Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has said that he thinks the country has welcomed over 100 gay Iranian refugees since deciding to stand up for gay rights internationally in 2009. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird spoke about a number of human rights issues in a speech in front of the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations. Among...

Foreign students in the UK are to be marked out in immigration figures as the government focuses on monitoring those who come in and go out of the country more closely. Students who are not from Europe are set to be “disaggregated” within total net migration data in part of a new transparency initiative. Ministers have also revealed...

Sinn Fein TD Pearse Doherty has told Irish workers in Australia that they would be wise to join trade unions so as to ensure they don’t get exploited. Doherty is currently visiting Australia and has spoken with a large number of Irish immigrants who have given him the opinion that the Irish workers could be being exploited while working...

New research has revealed that the biggest difficulty for expats when moving overseas is learning the language in their new home. The study, which was carried out by the Forum for Expatriate Management and language firm Rosetta Stone, found that over 60 per cent of the senior managers who participated in the survey felt the greatest hurdle...

A survey of South Africa’s young people has shown that up to half the country’s Indian, or of Indian origin, population are thinking about emigrating. The research was carried out by consumer insights firm Pondering Panda and discovered that 22 per cent of black people in the country were also considering moving abroad. The US was...

Singapore’s prime minister Lee Hsien Song has encouraged locals to tolerate foreigners more than they currently do, amid worries that failing to do so may hit the country’s reputation overseas. He said on Sunday in an address to the city-state that he is concerned that there appears to be growing anti-foreigner feelings in Singapore....