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Australian immigration news: India now top source, beating UK and China
According to Australian immigration and citizenship minister, Chris Bowen, this year has seen India become the top source country with the largest number of immigrants to Australia. When visiting recently, Mr Bowen told The Times Of India:
"The strongest link between Australia and India is people to people through immigration. India...
3K Irish emigrating per month to UK, Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand
As reported by Irish Central, the most recent report from Ireland’s Central Statistics office reveal that over 3,000 Irish people are emigrating from the country every month, the highest rate since the Famine.
Around 76,000 people emigrated from Ireland during the year leading up to April, which includes around 40,000 Irish nationals. In...
Aussie Customs intercepts boat with 55 asylum seekers
As reported by the Australian, a boat full of asylum-seekers was intercepted yesterday by customs near the Australian mainland, one week after 10 Chinese citizens arrived to Darwin by boat. Jason Clare, Australia’s Home Affairs Minister, has confirmed the interception of a boat southwest of Browse Island which was carrying 55 asylum-seekers...
Canada emigration to cost rich foreigners more
As reported by Reuters, the Harper government is changing up the national immigrant investor programme to ensure that the money brought in by wealthy foreigners as a pre-condition of entry is utilised in Canadian firms instead of sitting idly in bank accounts.
The Conservatives are expected to, at minimum, double the cash which foreign...
Peters urges NZ to examine immigration blunder
As reported by News Talk ZB, First leader of New Zealand Winston Peters is urging heads to roll over bureaucratic ineptitude which caused an illegal migrant banned from the country to still receive $360 a week from an illness benefit.
In 2008, Salam Mansoor Abdelabbas Al-Bawi received a sentence of six months in home detention, after...
Canada MP slams immigration denial of Down Syndrome woman
As reported by CTV, a New Democrat MP is demanding that the Canadian government overturn a decision barring a Indian family from emigrating to Canada, whose son lives in B.C., because their full-grown daughter has Down Syndrome.
Kevin Patel, the son who lives in Vancouver, wished to sponsor his family to enter Canada and become permanent...
British expats choose Far East to emigrate
As reported by Expatriate Health Care, British expats are paying more attention to the Far East due to booming economies in nations such as Singapore and China.
This is one of the conclusions from the new Quality of Life Index by NatWest International Personal Banking. The index indicated that higher salaries, better economic prospects...
Cambridge study suggests UK immigration may push down house prices
Areported by the Telegraph, even a tiny influx of foreign immigrants into a particular area can produce noticeable effects on the monetary value of local estates as wealthy people move away, reveals a Cambridge study.
The research, which is the first of its kind, goes against the popular belief that immigrants push up house prices, making...
Irish immigrants settle in New Zealand in waves
As reported by Irish Central, New Zealand is now attracting waves of Irish emigrants who have found themselves in hard times at home. Of the over 40,000 people who left Ireland in 2011, nearly 2,000 now consider New Zealand home, while thousands more are still on their way.
But the emigrant generations of New Zealand have discovered...
Fewer Russians looking to emigrate now than in 1991
As reported by the Moscow Times, the number of Russians who wish to emigrate has fallen by half since 2011, with lower rates than during the Soviet Union’s final days, reveals a new poll.
Nearly 11% of all respondents said they would want to emigrate, indicating a significant fall since June, when 22% admitted wanting to move overseas....
