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Canada to build new immigration system to benefit country
According to Canada’s immigration minister Jason Kenney, the country’s immigration system is to be overhauled to make it easier to attract migrants eager to contribute to its development. Admitting that the country had been closed to skilled workers for too long, Kenney announced the first in line for immigration breaks would be...
Chinese multimillionaires jump ship to protect their assets
Around a third of Chinese multimillionaires have already fled the motherland due to economic uncertainty, contaminated food and incessant pollution. Research by a respected Chinese academic organisation has confirmed that a significant percentage of China’s successful entrepreneurs are heading overseas in a bid to protect their assets,...
British emigrants reverse traditional Aussie migration route
The rising number of Britons heading for a new life in Australia is reversing the ‘Push’ which began in the 1960s with numerous Oz intellectuals, artists and performers fleeing from the country’s perceived conservatism. Famous names such as Germaine Greer, John Olsen and Clive James were the first to escape to London during the...
Educated Cubans banned from emigrating for five years
In spite of the recent announcement by Cuban authorities that travel restrictions are being eased, those most likely to leave the country are now unable to do so. The previously convoluted exit visa process has been modified, with those wishing to leave now needing only the latest passport. However, the government has closed the door on...
British migrants are now younger professionals rather than retirees
A recent government report has revealed that the vast majority of Brits leaving the country are younger workers seeking career opportunities rather than retirees seeking relief from British winters. Official figures taken from the Home Office ‘Emigration from the UK’ Survey calculate that about 350,000 UK residents left the country...
Highly qualified Ukrainian graduates desperate to work abroad
A recent survey has revealed that almost all highly qualified young Ukranian professionals have considered or are in the planning stages of emigrating overseas in search of work. Over 5.000 young professionals took part in the November survey, with 91 per cent of respondees admitting a desire to emigrate in order to further their careers....
Hundreds of Irish junior doctors threaten to emigrate
Irish Health Minister James Reilly has received a unique form of protest from more than 800 junior doctors in the form of symbolic boarding cards. It’s a novel way of warning the government that unless action is taken on salary cuts for newly-appointed consultants and other grievances there will be mass migration, but it seems the...
UK net migration figure slumps to below 200,000
Net migration, calculated as the difference between the numbers leaving and the number of those arriving for a long-term stay, has fallen to 183,000 from 242,000 in the year to March. Official estimates released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) indicate that the net migration figure has fallen in 2011/2012 to its lowest figure...
Brightest and best are leaving Britain for overseas jobs
Thousands more of Britain’s top graduates are leaving the UK for jobs abroad than left prior to the financial crisis. Figures compiled by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) suggest that the rate of migration amongst the UK’s brightest and best young graduates is at an all-time high. Last year, over 2,000 young graduates from...
New Chinese leadership needs sweeping reforms to kickstart economy
A recently published book exploring Chinese authoritarian capitalism is suggesting that China’s newly-elected leaders must give private enterprise a chance. The author, James McGregor, puts forward a fascinating theory that Chinese authoritarian capitalism is responsible for huge amounts of wealth being secreted overseas by migrants as a...
