Immigration news

Thousands of South African nurses working in the UK could be forced to return home because of new immigration rules introduced by the British Government recently.

Immigrants living in U.S. households increased by 16%, to a current total of 35.7 million foreign-born residents in the United States. The dramatic increase is from 2000 to 2005, with many newcomers moving to states that traditionally have not had many immigrants.

With almost 5 million people out of work, Germany's labor market might seem a manager's dream when it comes to filling jobs - easy pickings from a sea of desperate applicants.

After seven years of negotiations, the United States Justice Department and a union representing 218 immigration judges signed their first collective-bargaining agreement in mid August.

Leaders of the union, the National Association of Immigration Judges, said the contract would improve communication between Justice headquarters and the judges, who serve in 53 cities and detention centers across the country, by guaranteeing quarterly meetings to discuss security, workload and other issues.

New United Kingdom immigration laws governing post-graduate study are causing widespread consternation among Arab medical students seeking a British placement.

The French interior minister has defended his decision to expel thousands of illegal immigrants this year, saying France needed an uncompromising immigration policy following recent rioting in its suburbs.

Nicolas Sarkozy said that officials had received almost 30,000 applications from families seeking residency papers when a deadline for requests expired at the weekend.