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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...

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...

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...

Australia’s lower house of parliament backed immigration changes intended to put asylum seekers off attempting to travel to the country by boat. The changes would see asylum seekers transferred to remote outposts in the Pacific and housed in detention centres until their claims have been made. However, reopening these centres, which were...

The number of foreigners moving to New Zealand has gone up by the highest amount for 16 months with the majority arriving from the UK, China and New Zealand. The latest Statistics New Zealand data reveals that in June there was a seasonally adjusted net increase of 490 people, the greatest number since February last year. However, on a...

The Department of Health (DOH) in Taiwan said it would launch a project in August to lure Taiwanese doctors licensed abroad to return home to practise, in an attempt to combat the profession’s brain drain. Taiwanese doctors practising in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the UK and the US, but who were already qualified before moving...

The flow of New Zealanders permanently moving to Australia slowed last month, with the first monthly fall since April 2010. Records revealed that the net loss of migrants to Australia was 3,200 in May, dropping from a net outflow in May last year of 3,300. This is the first decline in the monthly net loss since April 2010, Statistics New...

Those considering packing up and starting a new life in Australia have received a boost from the country’s Department of Immigration after it lowered its pass mark for UK nationals seeking a migration visa from 65 points to 60 points in order to attract more skilled workers Down Under. In recent times, emigrating to Australia has been an...

Seven illegal immigrants from Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan who were discovered in the waters off East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, last year have been deported back to their countries of origin. Immigration officials said that the people were en route to Asmore Reef, Australia, in the hope of being granted asylum when they were arrested by...

The amount of New Zealanders flocking to Australia picked up pace in April, with annual departures hitting a record 53,462. Some 4,500 Kiwis moved to Australia last month, with Statistics New Zealand reporting a net loss of 3,500 for the month. This saw the annual net loss hit 39,800, nearly 13,000 more than a year earlier. Statistics NZ...