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Canada’s New ‘Census’ / One in five of the total population identified themselves as a member of visible minorities
Canada is increasingly a nation of visible minorities – one in five of the total population identified themselves as a member of this group in 2011. Of these visible minorities, a third were born in Canada. And they are young – the visible minority population has a median age of 33, compared with 40 for … Continue reading
UK / Could be forced to take jobless immigrants from around Europe
BRITAIN could be forced to accept unemployed migrants from the rest of Europe, Brussels chiefs declared yesterday. The European Commission said there was “no evidence” that they would take jobs from British nationals. It also insisted that immigrants should have the same access to benefits as people already living here — and even be shown … Continue reading
Canada’s skilled-worker program / The list of jobs eligible unveiled
Foreign engineers, computer programmers and physiotherapists are among those who will qualify for a revamped federal skilled-worker program when it re-opens next month. Citizenship and Immigration Canada has released its eligible occupations list and named four organizations that will assess the credentials of applicants who studied outside of Canada. These assessments are now mandatory and … Continue reading
Canada / Ottawa rushes to reform foreign-worker program
Faced with continuing criticisms that foreigners are taking jobs away from Canadians, the Conservative government is rushing to make reforms to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, with officials working to include changes in the upcoming budget bill. However the government’s new-found sense of urgency – which was clearly expressed last week by Prime Minister Stephen … Continue reading
US / Immigrants to make up of a third new households
Between 2010 and 2020, immigrants are projected to make up about one-third of the growth among all households, according to a new report from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Research Institute for Housing America. Specifically, the report projects that between 2010 and 2020, immigrants will account for 32.2% of growth among all households. They’ll make … Continue reading
Argentina / 1.8 million foreign immigrants, mostly from neighbours
Argentina has 1.8 million foreign immigrants: mostly from neighbouring countries Immigrants in Argentine represent 4.5% of the population and 85% of them come from neighbouring South American countries according to the latest report from the International Migration Organization. The figure is an estimated 1.8 million foreigners of which 550.713 are from Paraguay; 345.272 from Bolivia; … Continue reading
Australia / Skilled worker programme: English language requirements for certain positions are being raised
The temporary skilled work subclass 457 programme will be reformed in response to the changing needs of the Australian economy and domestic employment market, the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship has announced. Brendan O’Connor said that the 457 programme plays a vital role in ensuring that Australian businesses are able to source the skilled workers … Continue reading
Germany / Elite Young Immigrants, The New Guest Workers
A new generation of immigrants is coming to Germany: Europe’s crisis refugees. They are young, well-educated and multilingual. Many feel that their prospects at home disappeared when the European financial system began to falter, followed by the collapse of domestic labor markets in a number of countries. They are now going to Germany, just as … Continue reading
Canada / The Canadian Experience Class Reaches Record Number of Immigrants
Canada’s fastest-growing immigration stream welcomed a record 9,353 newcomers in 2012, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced today. “The Canadian Experience Class (CEC) makes Canada more competitive in attracting and retaining the best and brightest individuals with the skills we need. These are people who have already demonstrated their ability to integrate into … Continue reading
Denmark / A massive increase in highly skilled foreign workers
Denmark has seen a massive increase in highly skilled foreign workers in recent years, a new report has shown. According to fresh figures from the Danish Immigration Service (Udlændingestyrelsen), the number of educated people immigrating to Denmark from abroad has increase five-fold in the last two decades. Only 3,000 skilled non-EU foreigners entered the country for … Continue reading
US / Immigration Reform / Four in ten said that high unemployment is caused by “illegal immigrants”
If anything is going to wreck the current bipartisan push for comprehensive immigration reform, it’s the fact that many Americans are convinced that more immigration will be bad for American workers and for the U.S. economy. The spectre of masses of immigrants taking American jobs and driving down wages is a powerful one, especially at … Continue reading
Sweden / 20 percent of ‘immigrants’ in 2012 were Swedes returning home
Last year, 103,059 people moved to Sweden, taking the country’s population to 9,555,893 by the year’s end, wrote Statistics Sweden (SCB) on Wednesday. The total population increase, however, was 73,038 as almost 52,000 people at the same time decided to leave Sweden. Of these emigrants, 69 percent were people who had at some point immigrated … Continue reading
US / Immigrants and Jobs ?
There are a lot of competing studies (and pundits) out there, but the general takeaway from conservative and liberal economists is that immigration is good for Americans’ living standards over the long run. That’s because immigrants raise the wages of native-born workers (and also lower the cost of immigrant-dense services like child care and cleaning). … Continue reading
US Mexican immigrants / 64 percent have not pursued naturalization
Mexican immigrants living in the United States legally are slow to seek U.S. citizenship, results of a Pew study released Monday indicate. Of the 5.4 million legal Mexican immigrants, 64 percent have not pursued naturalization. The 36 percent who have is about half the rate of legal immigrants from all other countries combined, the Pew … Continue reading
Germany / Behind in hiring skilled foreign workers
The OECD says German firms continue to recruit too few skilled workers from outside of the country, even when they have difficulties filling vacancies. This is one of the key findings of a new migration report. According to the report unveiled by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) at a press conference in … Continue reading
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