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Romania is located in southeastern Europe to the east of the Balkan States, being the eastern- and northern-most country of the Balkan Peninsula. On 01 January 2007, along with Bulgaria, Romania joined the European Union to form the EU-27.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for the United States has indicated that it is beginning to develop a backlog of applications that require processing.
In the past several years, the United States has seen a surge of immigration. Applications are up, and approvals are increased in nearly direct proportion.
Highly educated residents of the Helsinki region are the most willing to accept immigrants into the area to help alleviate the labor shortage. According to a poll commissioned by Helsingin Sanomat and conducted by Suomen Gallup, laborers with a low level of education take the most skeptical view of increasing immigration.
Stefan Nystrom, a 33 year old man who lived most of his life in Australia was deported recently to Sweden, where his mother was spending a holiday when he was born. He spent less than the first month of his life there.
Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone cancelled his residency on grounds that he was in court 21 times and convicted of 127 charges including violent offences and dishonesty.
The European Union gained two more member states on 01 January 2007 with the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, making a historic New Year for the two nations. Huge celebrations were held in both countries to usher in a new chapter in their history, seventeen years after the fall of communism.
The European Union now has 27 member states and over half a billion people, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Black Sea.
Bulgaria and Romania, who joined the European Union on 01 January 2007, have been specifically targeted for new quotas for the Sector Based Scheme (SBS). The SBS is intended to help employers in the United Kingdom find low-skilled labor to help find workers for positions considered difficult to fill.