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Immigration

Union – enemy of migrant worker Immigration

Union – enemy of migrant worker

«Social dumping» – the influx of cheap labor from Central and Eastern Europe – is becoming an increasingly serious problem for Western European countries, whose trade unions are sounding the alarm…

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Security at the Core of Migration Immigration

Security at the Core of Migration

The UK authorities recently announced their proposals for changing the country's migration system. According to Gzt.ru, the main changes were published in an official document from the Home Office…

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Conscious Necessity Immigration

Conscious Necessity

The situation on the labor market in Lithuania is ambiguous. On the one hand, the unemployment rate has decreased fourfold since the beginning of this century, from 17% to 4%. This is mainly due to…

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If You Are in Kolyma, Stay Immigration

If You Are in Kolyma, Stay

The resettlement of compatriots from abroad to Russia this year has effectively failed. As Gzt.ru writes, officials blame this on a lack of information about the program. But independent experts…

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UK to introduce points-based immigration system Immigration

UK to introduce points-based immigration system

A new system for issuing residence permits and work rights to immigrants from non-EU countries will come into force in the UK in March 2008. The UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced this in a…

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Mixed families in Germany Immigration

Mixed families in Germany

The Federal Republic of Germany is the largest country in Europe in terms of the number of Russian-speaking population living in it. According to the Federal Statistical Office of Germany, by 2006…

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The Burden of a Fugitive Immigration

The Burden of a Fugitive

Migrants from developing countries try to enter the prosperous states of Europe. As Expert notes, each year they will be met with an increasingly harsh reception – the costs of accepting migrants are…

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Cold Embrace for Immigrants Immigration

Cold Embrace for Immigrants

How to cool the ardor of immigrants rushing to prosperous but extremely inhospitable Denmark? The answer is simple: they should be sent to cold Greenland. According to Novye Izvestia, this proposal…

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Gender-Neutral Document Immigration

Gender-Neutral Document

The notorious American political correctness has reached new historic heights. At least within the boundaries of a single city. As reported by Vremya Novostei, a large populated area has appeared on…

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Canada Needs Immigrants Immigration

Canada Needs Immigrants

The directions of Canadian immigration policy change from year to year, as do the conditions, situation and moods in society. And all this requires a course correction. About the latest changes in…

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Resettlers Not Rushing to Russia Immigration

Resettlers Not Rushing to Russia

Under the program for the resettlement of compatriots, only 130 people have entered Russia. With such rates of inflow, it will clearly not be possible to save the country from the demographic crisis…

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Small Overpopulated Island Immigration

Small Overpopulated Island

The British Home Office stated that it had previously misestimated the number of foreign migrants; according to updated data, there are 400,000 more people than previously thought.

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