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18 December 2006: International Migrants Day
As of the beginning of this year, at least 191 million people are living and working in a country not of their origin. One person of every 35 in the world is a migrant or an immigrant.
Late last week, Canada's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Monte Solberg announced that the new government will begin discussions with interested provinces and territories to begin a pilot project to expand the Off-Campus Work Permit program to include private institutions.
The program allows students increased options to earn income to pay for their expenses, as well as opening up many opportunities for more work experience prior to graduation.
A Denver District Court judge ruled on 14 December that Colorado Division of Motor Vehicle (DMV) rules requiring driver's license applicants to produce two or more documents to prove legal residence in the United States discriminate against the poor and cause undue harm.
Judge Larry Naves granted an injunction that will prohibit the DMV from using the rules.
Regulations have been approved by the UK Parliament to manage the flow of new workers into the United Kingdom from Romania and Bulgaria. Both nations are set to join the European Union on 01 January 2007, forming the EU-27.
This follows a decision by the Home Office on 24 October to put transitional arrangements in place for Bulgaria and Romania while UK continues immigration reform efforts and analysis of the wider ramifications of an expanded EU.
Australia's premium skilled foreign-worker visa scheme (commonly referred to as the 457 visa) has caused some controversy this year, and the federal government is now launching a formal inquiry into it. The 457 visa scheme is a temporary work visa that can allow a foreign-born worker into Australia for up to four y
A new report released last month in the United States concludes that illegal immigrants do not pose a disproportionate burden upon the U.S. health care system, contrary to increasingly strong rhetoric on the subject over the past two years.
In response to extremely heated political debate over immigration reform, the study was conducted to determine if illegal immigrants were, in fact, contributing to the decline of U.S. health care services.