Immigration news

What was once true of the Irish when settling in the US, and working for reservation wages, seems to have done a full circle with Eastern Europeans doing the same now in Ireland

Irish employers are making the most of gaining competitiveness, business development and employing for the future. A country that had in the past been ruthless to its customer base, is now giving consumers joy at the checkout.

One reason for the booming Irish economy is because of the immigrant workforce Ireland has developed over the past years.

In the largest demonstration in California's history, well over half a million people marched through downtown Los Angeles on Saturday March 25, in defence of immigrant rights and to protest the government attacks on immigrants, especially undocumented workers.

The demonstration was the culmination of two weeks of protest demonstrations against new US immigration legislation, passed by the House of Representatives and scheduled to be taken up Monday by the US Senate.

The new legislation would make illegal immigration a felony crime, as well as criminalising all those who aide illegal immigrants.

A Sri-Lankan teenager who was refused aslum by the New Zealand governement and deported in handcuffs under heavy sedation has been granted refugee status by the United Nations.

The young woman was deported by the NZ government two years ago, and after joining her mother in Hong Kong, has successfully presented her case to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Her New Zealand lawyer and Amnesty International were responsible for presenting the case to (UNHCR).

The US is suffering from a nursing shortage, with employers and educators resorting to all sorts of tricks to attract and keep nursing staff.

In Spartanbury, South Carolina, nurses are eagerly logging onto computers to bid for extra paid shifts, the way collectors scout for bargains on e-Bay.

South Carolina is just one state that currently is not producing enough nurses to care for its patients. It seems that salary and recruiting are not the answers according to some in the industry.

Australian immigration could be accepting up to 180,000 migrants within two years. This would be the highest intake since the late 1960's.

Big business in Australia is putting pressure on the Australian Federal Government to plug skills shortages by increasing the numbers of migrant workers. But another huge rise in the immigrant intake could cause concerns about the impact on jobs locally.

Overseas IT specialists migrating to the UK will most likely to be awarded the highest status in the UK Home Office's points-based immigration system.

The points ranking system for immigrants wishing to live and work in the UK, will categorise migrants in accordance to their skills and abilities. Most IT specialists wanting to immigrate will score highly in the new system of weightings and trade-offs.