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It seems that England is not the only nation in the UK experiencing an ever growing population, aided by the rise in immigration. Scotland's population has increased for the third year running to almost 5.1 million.
The official figures revealed April 28, show Scotland has experienced the second largest wave of people travelling from other countries to work and set up home out of the Countries in the UK. This is the main reason for the population boom in Scotland.
American agriculture is warning Americans that the $12 trillion US economy could be forced to go on a big diet if further steps are taken against illegal immigrants. Immigrants are an important source of labour in a variety of industries including agriculture where Mexican immigrants make up a significant proportion of the labour force.
"To find and deport workers who are in the country right now would throw a wrench into the economy of the United States that would leave the public in disbelief," said Dave Ray, a spokesman for the American Meat Institute.
The Immigrant Justice Project (IJP) has filed a lawsuit designed to force one of the US largest food providers to take responsibility for mistreatment of its workers.
The class action was filed by Center attorneys on behalf of migrant farm workers who were underpaid while working in South Georgia for subsidiaries of the US food giant Del Monte.
Mexican guest workers and domestic immigrant farm workers who were hired to work for Del Monte in Georgia's Wheeler and Telfair counties are the plaintiffs. They were recruited by the company for planting and harvesting vegetables from 2003 through till the current season.
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) predicts 56,000 Romanian and Bulgarian workers will come to the UK if their countries join the European Union next year.
The think tank, estimated 41,000 Romanians and 15,000 Bulgarians would come and work in the UK next year. The two countries have the opportunity to join the EU from January 1, but a final date has not been set.
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) urged the Government to give the new arrivals the same full working rights granted to nationals of the eight other Eastern European Countries in 2004.
According to UK government figures released April 23, five million new homes will be needed in Britain over the next 20 years with 1.5 million required because of record levels of immigration.
The new figures released by John Prescott, the Deputy Prime Minister, made no mention of immigration, but officials conceded that it formed 31% of the new household growth.
Canadian construction workers held a press conference to voice their concern over the government's immigration policies and the consequences to the construction industry.
The 35,000 construction workers told reporters the current system of point assessment for skilled immigrants is disadvantageous to the industry because of the emphasis placed on higher education in the assessment.