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UK census highlights demographic effects of soaring immigration
The recently-released results of the UK’s 2011 census have highlighted the demographic changes brought about since the 2001 census by the rapid rise in immigration. Figures showed that numbers of non-British born UK residents have soared by over three million since 2001, with one in eight residents born overseas. The 2001 total of...
Suspended sentence cut to allow migration to New Zealand
Leicester Crown Court judges have cut an offender’s one year suspended sentence for fraud so that she can proceed with her plan to emigrate to New Zealand. Victoria Clayton was convicted of fraud over a five year period, involving the theft of £36,000 from Leicester City Council while doing education outreach work at De Montfort Hall....
Russian anger at US Senate passing of Magnitsky Bill
The US Senate yesterday repealed the Jackson-Vanic Amendment, a Cold War-imposed trade sanction, replacing it with the Magnitsky Bill, named for a Russian lawyer who died in custody. The new law grants the normalisation of trade relations between the US, Russia and Moldova, but has a sting in its tail which has infuriated Russian...
Expected Increase in EB-5 Applications from China
The son of a Communist revolutionary general, Xi Jinping, has been named the General Secretary of the Communist party and therefore will take over as China’s president from March 2013. According to a recent NBC report, there is a general consensus of disappointment among Chinese citizens about the government changes. Many of the Chinese...
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...
Republican Alternative to the DREAM Act is rejected by young undocumented immigrants
US President Obama’s resounding promise to make comprehensive immigration reform a priority in his second term has sparked the presentation of a proposed similar bill by the Republican senators this Tuesday, 27th November. The DREAM Act, introduced by Obama as a bipartisan bill in his first term of presidency, was a policy intended to...
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...
Germany the preferred immigration destination for highly skilled Hungarians
The migration bug at present biting disgruntled skilled workers in every European country has long been a feature in Hungary, with numerous highly skilled younger Hungarians leaving for Germany over the last 16 years. However, the rate at which talented young workers are leaving their home country has accelerated since 2007, with emigrant...
