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The Home Office has confirmed immigration officers have the right to ask women wearing veils to remove them so that they can check their identity when they first arrive in the United Kingdom. Women would be asked to lift their veil in a private area if there were "sensitive or cultural reasons" why it could not be taken off if public, the UK Home Office Minister Liam Byrne said.
Some employer's organisations in Britain are broadly welcoming proposals by the Home Office this week to restrict access for Bulgarian and Romanian workers. However, they have expressed concern that companies would be expected to police "who is and who is not a legal worker."
President Vladimir Putin said the Russian government will prepare proposals by late November to bring order to immigration procedures and at food markets.
In a live televised question-and-answer session recently, Putin promised to ensure access for domestic agricultural producers to food markets dominated by immigrants mainly from the post-Soviet Caucasus and Central Asian republics.
According to a new UN report released last month, international policy makers have largely overlooked the role that immigrant women play in their contribution toward remitting money back to their home countries. Women have a disproportionate role in determining the level of remittances sent home to developing countries, tending to send a larger proportion of their lesser resources home than men, and to focus those funds more on social welfare
The federal MP behind a proposal for a citizenship test for people seeking to become Australians says the idea is getting widespread support.
Speaking after a citizenship ceremony in Melbourne recently, Parliamentary Secretary to the Immigration Minister Andrew Robb said that he was encouraged by the responses he's received.
John Reid, the UK Home Secretary, is expected to announce measures this week to restrict immigration from Romania and Bulgaria when they join the current European Union States to form the EU-27 on 01 January 2007.