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The upsurge in immigration which had significantly assisted in fuelling Britain’s boom at the beginning of the century is over as Polish immigrants start to make their way home.
Polish people are now returning to Poland in greater numbers than they are coming to Britain. The statistics indicate that in the third quarter of 2007, only [...]

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A timetable for the UK’s new Points Based System (PBS) for immigration has been announced by the Immigration minister.
The PBS will be rolled out starting from 2008. Under the points based scheme, people will be able to migrate to the United Kingdom under any one of five tiers. Currently, there are over 80 different immigration paths.
The new system [...]

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A number of National Shortage Occupation List changes have recently been announced.
Teachers in Scotland
From 16 April 2007, all job positions in Scotland connected to mandatory schooling are included on the shortage list. If you are planning on applying for a work permit to allow you to work as a teacher you will not need to undergo the full resident labour test anymore.
Consultation with [...]

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UK pressure group Migrationwatch has challenged the government’s claim that immigrants bring economic benefits for the nation. It calculated that the net effect of the record immigration levels was no more than 4p a week for each Briton.
Migrationwatch chairman Sir Andrew Green said his group was disputing the British government’s claim that the migrant population [...]

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There has been a great deal of controversy over a new scheme involving new temporary work visas for overseas students and graduates which will be implemented in July 2007.
Amanda Vanstone, Immigration Minister and Julie Bishop, Education Minister announced that the Federal government would introduce new temporary visas in order to assist overseas students in [...]

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Immigration officials claim there has been a significant increase in the amount of people seeking Australian residence through sham marriages.
In 2004-2005 the Immigration department received 1,909 allegations of ’sham’ marriages and relationships, a rise of 22.4 percent since 2003-04. An annual summary of statistics concerning border compliance illustrates that during the same time, the [...]