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The authors of a new study have warned Brits against buying property in Turkey if they do not have a good enough grasp of the language. The Legal Adaptation of British Settlers in Turkey study found that poor language skills prevented expats from gaining Turkish citizenship, and in turn stopped them from enjoying many civil and legal...

The majority of expats think they will need to reign in their spending if they want to continue living abroad, according to a new survey by the Post Office. Seventy-five per cent of the 900 expats surveyed said they were worried about their finances as they perceive the rate of inflation abroad to be four times that in the UK. Brits living...

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 lowest number of Israelis emigrated from the country in 2010 for forty years as just 15,600 headed for pastures new, revealed recent data published by the Central Bureau of Statistics. In addition, the data revealed that during the last three years the country has seen emigrants return in their droves, with record numbers being...

People planning to move overseas have been reminded how important it is to thoroughly research their destination prior to travelling. Crown Relocations senior move manager Kimberley Millhouse has advised people ready to leave the UK that countries overseas have different laws, conventions and processes in place, all of which need to be...

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...

As the number of Mexicans heading north to the US with no documents drops, the US government says that apprehensions for federal immigration offences have fallen to a 40-year low. Meanwhile, the number of suspects taken in for criminal immigration offences by the US Marshals Service has seen a dramatic rise, a result of more stringent law...

Thousands of Portuguese have quit the troubled country and headed for the former colony of Mozambique, where a booming economy offers the hope of employment and a brighter future. Portuguese, particularly the young, are leaving a land where unemployment could soon surpass 15 per cent, after the country entered recession in 2011. They have...

A well-known human rights organisation has urged the new government in Greece to try and curb the “alarming” rise in attacks against African and Asian immigrants, including violent attacks by gangs on pregnant women and teenage boys. In a hundred-page report by Human Rights Watch, the US-based organisation said that xenophobic attacks,...

New UK immigration rules regarding marriages with overseas residents which came into force recently shows that Pakistani residents in the country would be the hardest hit. Every year, roughly 40,000 people arrive in Britain on spouse on marriage visas. The amount of British Pakistanis travelling to Pakistan to marry has been rising. Most...