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Sweden / Minister says number of immigrants too high
Sweden’s immigration minister has told a newspaper that Sweden needs to tighten rules for asylum seekers and other would-be immigrants to reduce the number of people coming into the country. “Today Sweden is one of the countries that receives the most immigrants in the EU. That’s not sustainable,” Tobias Billstroem told the Saturday edition of … Continue reading
Boston, England / The influx of immigrants in a small British city
When Ziedonis Barbaks arrived in Boston, England, to work at a meat-packing plant nine years ago, the city was a pretty lonely place for someone from Latvia. Almost nobody came from his home country or from just about anywhere else outside of Britain. Today there are not only hundreds of Latvians in Boston but thousands … Continue reading
US / The 40 Million Immigrants, Including the 11 Million Unauthorized
The nation’s total immigrant population reached a record 40.4 million in 2011, according to an analysis of Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center. Over the last decade, the number of immigrants in the U.S. has steadily grown. Since 2007 alone, the number of immigrants living in … Continue reading
California / Asian replacing Latinos as the primary source of immigrants
The face of new Californians – once predominantly Latino – is increasingly Asian American, census data show. A seismic shift in immigration has occurred in California over the last decade, with Asia replacing Latin America as the primary source of the state’s immigrants. “This is a pretty astounding change over a short period of time,” … Continue reading
Canada / Only 2.9% of immigrants in 2008 had actually become citizens
Hundreds of thousands of people come to Canada as immigrants every year, but fewer are actually becoming citizens. Internal Citizenship and Immigration documents obtained through an access to information request show only 2.9% of immigrants who gained permanent residency in Canada in 2008 had actually become citizens by the time they were generally eligible to … Continue reading
US / 23% of undergraduates with at least one parent who is an immigrant
While people earning STEM degrees has been on the uptick in the past two decades, a more recent Census report shows that most of the degrees in computer, math, statistics, and engineering disciplines are still going to foreign-born residents, primarily to those from China and India. Below are some interesting facts (many referring to the … Continue reading
UK / Immigration / Should a fall in immigration be cheered?
“Britain is home to the greatest workforce in Europe. The Poles,” runs a favourite joke of comedian Jimmy Carr. But while immigration might make a good punchline, for many businesses the economic implications of who moves where have a clear effect on the bottom line. Britain has a record of welcoming immigrants, from M&S co-founder … Continue reading
Alberta / Fast Tracking Skilled Immigrants or Training Canadians ? (video)
A fast track for skilled immigrants takes effect today, but should we be training more Canadians. Source: via Alberta Primetime – Alberta’s Fast Track for Skilled Immigrants.
Canada / Foreign Skilled Workers / Language ability and education credentials, greater weight to youth
New requirements for immigrants coming to Canada under the federal skilled worker program will emphasize the ability to speak English or French and give greater weight to young applicants, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced Wednesday. Once potential immigrants have their language skills assessed, their education credentials will be assessed by an organization designated by Kenney. … Continue reading
Canada / Immigration / Good on adoption, less on integration
Canada is known internationally as the poster country for multiculturalism. We have the highest level of immigration per capita of any country, about 250,000 immigrants a year. Almost 20 per cent of our residents are foreign-born. In about 20 years, Statistics Canada predicts that about a quarter of our population will be foreign-born. While many … Continue reading
Immigration in Germany / Survey says it eases investment abroad and the effect of age but puts extra burden on the social security system
Seventy percent of those asked said immigration made it easier for international firms to invest in Germany, while 62 percent said that immigration could ease the effects of Germany’s ageing society. And half said immigration as an effective means against the country’s lack of skilled labour. But two-thirds of Germans also saw immigration as an … Continue reading
Canada / Immigrants / Employment increased 4.3% in 2011 while virtually unchanged among core-aged Canadian born
In 2011, employment among landed immigrants in the core working-age group of 25 to 54 increased 4.3% from the previous year. The majority of the growth occurred among established immigrants who had been in the country for more than 10 years. Over the same period, employment among core-aged Canadian born was virtually unchanged. The employment rate of core-aged immigrants in 2011 was 75.6%, compared with 82.9% for … Continue reading
Sweden / Older immigrants face lower pensions
Immigrants to Sweden who move here before their 35th birthday have enough time to work towards a pension that is almost equal to people born in Sweden, but older immigrants risk lagging behind socio-economically, a new statistics review shows. “Income levels differ sharply, depending on when in life one immigrated to Sweden,” Statistics Sweden (Statistiska … Continue reading
Canada / New immigration stream for 3,000 skilled immigrants to fill ‘serious’ labour shortages
Canada will open its doors to 3,000 skilled tradespeople starting next year under a new immigration stream set to launch Jan. 2, 2013, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced Monday. “The new skilled trades stream will help address serious labour shortages in some regions of the country, and support economic growth,” he said. “For too long, … Continue reading
Canada / Immigration / New skilled trades program
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is set to unveil the details of a new program that should speed the arrival of tradespeople in Canada whose skills are in demand. The program will give more weight to applications from people with skills that are desperately needed in many parts of the country, particularly in the West, according … Continue reading
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