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As Portugal’s unemployment rate continues to rise, the nation’s prime minister has caused controversy by saying that jobless young people should seek employment abroad. The current debt crisis and the economic recession have pushed the unemployment rate to a critical level. Prime Minister Passos Coelho appears to have angered even his...

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 Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme in New Zealand has major benefits for workers and employers from abroad as well as the countries involved, revealed new Department of Labour research. The earnings and return rates research found that most new workers will come back and work another season in the country, many for the same boss...

The majority of Irish medical students graduating in 2012 want to stay to work in their homeland but believe they are more likely to find employment overseas, revealed a survey. The study, conducted by Senator Colm Burke, Fine Gael’s health in the Seanad spokesman, showed that the high number of medical graduates moving abroad is likely...

Thirty-one men were arrested in Motobas, Kafr al-Sheikh, on Monday for planning to immigrate to Italy illegally. Major General Salah Okasha, the director of the security department in Kafr El-Sheikh, was informed by Motobas police that someone had complained about suspicious activity in the house of a neighbour. A team of officers, headed...

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...

In the five years prior to 2011, 10 per cent of men in their 20s left Ireland, while five per cent of women in the same age group emigrated. This figure means that 40,000 people in their 20s left Ireland in just five years. The analysis is based on recent data from last year’s census. The difference between males and females leaving, of...

Britons planning to relocate overseas have been advised to consider practical arrangements before moving. InternationalLiving.com executive editor Jennifer Stevens said that managing their finances is among the most important issues for expats to consider. She explained that Brits must decide whether they want to keep using their UK bank...

Women working abroad are most likely to young, childfree and single with just 15 per cent of women working overseas aged above 40 in comparison with almost 50 per cent of men, revealed recent research. Some 36 per cent of expat females who live abroad are aged between 21 an 30, while just 17 per cent of men fall into this age group....

The government of India has given the green light for the Pension and Life Insurance Fund for Indian workers overseas having Emigration Check Required passports from January next year. The scheme’s objective is to encourage and allow overseas Indian workers by providing co-contribution to save for returning to the country and their...