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Technology companies such as Google, eBay and Yahoo have located premium offices in the Docklands district of Dublin, Ireland. The entire district, and Ireland in general, are experiencing a boom in job opportunities. Industries of many types are established and establishing here, and people from the entire world are coming to work.
Immigrants from China, Niger, Iran, all of east Europe, and more are finding a large selection of careers and work.
European countries far removed from Spain's immigration crisis in the Canary Islands have pledged to send planes and patrol boats to help stem the flood of destitute Africans seeking a better life there.
Some 400 more migrants arrived at the islands by boat over the weekend. Authorities have intercepted more than 6,000 migrants since January, compared with 4,751 caught in all of 2005.
The accord is a follow-up to an announcement of aid from the European Commission in Brussels, although more meetings are planned to decide which countries will send what and who will pay for it, the Spanish Interior Ministry said.
U.S. authorities will be able to keep trawling through personal data on passengers flying from Europe, even though the European Union's highest court found problems recently with the accord that made airlines share the information.
The court ruling requires EU and U.S. officials to change the legal foundation of the deal before the end of September, but it has no immediate effect on a program that lets U.S. officials see dozens of pieces of information about each passenger - including name, address and credit card details.
There are a number of hidden details in the immigration reform bills passed by each house of the US Congress in the past weeks. The Senate bill alone is over 600 pages, with dozens of amendments added during the final days before being passed.
Nearly all specifics will be negotiated before a bill from both houses is sent to the president to sign into law, but here is a preview of some changes that are likely in the coming month.
Each house of the US Congress passed bills in the past weeks. These will now be negotiated into a final bill which will be presented to the president to sign into law. Quite a bit of confusion and rhetoric exists, largely because the bills represent several hundred pages each (the Senate bill is over 600 pages).
The 2006 Budget has included an additional NZ$16 million over four years to further increase border and security issues. New Zealand continues to aggressively recruit foreign workers for many skills, but has also taken advantage of its strong economy over the past years to evaluate and tighten visa and residency permit policy and implementation.