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Immigration

To Russia – as guests, for work Immigration

To Russia – as guests, for work

Guest workers are almost the only thing that connects Russia with the other republics of the former USSR. Political alliances in the post-Soviet space are fragile, and the CIS countries simply have…

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Movement to the west: a successful experience Immigration

Movement to the west: a successful experience

Several dozen times more people than expected came to EU countries that opened their labor markets to migrants from Eastern Europe. Contrary to the fears of skeptics, this has only benefited the…

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Migrants: Russia's Dubious Leadership Immigration

Migrants: Russia's Dubious Leadership

Russia has entered the world's top three migration leaders in terms of the number of migrants who entered the country. Russia today trails only the United States. Germany is in third place. As UN…

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Emigrants return to Lithuania Immigration

Emigrants return to Lithuania

It will soon be two years since Lithuania became an EU member and the labor markets of at least three EU countries opened to Lithuanians. These countries were the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Sweden…

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Canada's Immigration Priorities Immigration

Canada's Immigration Priorities

On March 20, Canada's newly appointed Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Monte Solberg, spoke at the Public Policy Forum. In his speech, he outlined the main tasks of his department and the key…

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Aging Germany wants and fears 'fresh blood' Immigration

Aging Germany wants and fears 'fresh blood'

Recently the whole world marked the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. As if in honor of this event, a discussion flared up in Germany about a new law on granting…

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Multicultural Jihad Immigration

Multicultural Jihad

The murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by Islamist fanatics in 2004 came as a real shock to the people of the Netherlands. The multicultural system that the Dutch had lovingly built and were…

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Still Fleeing West, but Fewer Immigration

Still Fleeing West, but Fewer

The number of people seeking asylum in the industrialized countries of the West has halved over the past five years. This is according to a report by the Office of the United Nations High…

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In pursuit of bright minds Immigration

In pursuit of bright minds

Latest news from Germany: the grand coalition plans to once again review the rules for entering the country. The goal is an old one – to attract a larger number of highly qualified specialists from…

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Britain to introduce points system Immigration

Britain to introduce points system

A new points system for immigrants from countries outside the European Union may be introduced in Britain. The proposal has been prepared by the country's Home Secretary, Charles Clarke. Points will…

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New rules for admitting Jewish immigrants from the former USSR Immigration

New rules for admitting Jewish immigrants from the former USSR

At last, the interested public has had the opportunity to familiarize itself with the new rules for admitting Jewish emigrants. As is known, in 2005 the federal government of Germany suspended the…

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EU to share refugees fairly Immigration

EU to share refugees fairly

The European Commission is planning to introduce common rules for granting political asylum in the EU. The first step is creating an information system on the countries of origin of potential…

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