Immigration News

The Canadian government is hoping to attract overseas entrepreneurs to the country by offering permanent residency. Jason Kenney, the Immigration Minister, said he hoped the move would elevate Canada above countries including the US, the UK and Australia where only temporary residency was available. Mr Kenney is due to travel to start up...

The shaky economic problems in Italy are seeing more immigrant communities deciding to look at moving abroad to escape the dire financial situation. Italy is currently in recession as it struggles with austerity cuts and massive debts. The trend to pack up and leave is particularly prevalent in the country’s Chinese community. A growing...

The number of New Zealanders moving across the Tasman to Australia dropped to its lowest level in just under two years last November, according to Statistics New Zealand. The net loss of population during the month was also slowed as more Australians travelled in the opposite direction. After seasonal factors were taken into account,...

More and more wealthy Brits are considering moving abroad, according to a new study. The de Vere Group, an expat wealth management firm, has reported that they have received 36 per cent more enquiries about relocating abroad from Brits under 40 in the third quarter of this year compared to the same period of 2011. Nigel Green, the...

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...

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...

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....