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The Jewish Daily Forward has reported that fewer Israelis are emigrating to the US, while an increasing number of American Jews and other Israelis living abroad are heading back to their homeland. The immigration figures will come as positive news for Israel, which has put a lot of effort into ensuring trying to persuade its citizens to...

The government of Cuba has revealed its plans to scrap some of the restrictions placed on its citizens that prevent them from emigrating abroad, reports the India Times. The president of the Cuban National Assembly, Ricardo Alarcon, said that the country is building towards a radical and profound emigration reform. Although he did not...

The UK has stayed in third spot as the most desired country in the world for professionals to work and reside in, revealed a new study into global mobility trends. Sys-con.com reports that people who come to work in the UK end up staying longer than they had initially planned. The study, carried out by ESCP Europe for specialist recruiters...

One in five people from the UK with over £250,000 in savings are considering living overseas because they are fed up with the high cost of living, poor weather and crime, revealed Lloyds Banking Group’s wealth management arm. The UK, suffering its worst economic crisis in almost a century, is trying to find a way of preserving its...

Almost 50 per cent of aspiring entrepreneurs from the UK think they should move overseas to achieve success, reports emigrate.co.uk. An international study into the aspirations of would-be entrepreneurs carried out by accountancy firm Mazars and travel programme operator Smaller Earth showed that 46 per cent believe there is more chance...

Chris Bowen, the Australian immigration and citizenship minister, has announced measures which will assist Australian employers in finding skilled US workers to fill shortages within key sectors, reported workpermit.com. The new measures will ensure that skills assessments are processed much quicker. The hope is to attract more American...

A recent poll by Gallop World has revealed that a quarter of adults in the world (1.1 billion people) want to move to another country temporarily in order to find more profitable work, revealed the Deccan Herald. In addition, 630 million other people would take up the chance of moving overseas permanently. The desire to leaves one’s home...

Tens of thousands of gay couples in the US are living with the fear of separation as federal law bans immigration authorities from treating them in the same way as they do married opposite-sex couples, reports myrtlebeachonline. In a nation where feelings on same-sex marriage and immigration are strong, the same-sex foreign-born spouses of...

Passage of an E3 immigration bill for Ireland is being blocked by republican Senator Charles Grassley from Iowa. According to IrishCentral, hopes that Grassley will deal with members of his own party and the Democrats over the issues have faded. There have been no major developments since Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown said the E3 bill...

Cash-rich foreigners from the Middle East, the Far East and Russia have long-since being buying homes in London, but they are not alone in buying homes in the UK. Looking across Britain, who are the foreign buyers keen on a UK address, asks aol.co.uk. Property website Primelocation.com has carried out research on 100 countries from which...