Australia is crying out for immigrants to bring their skills. That's good news for Britons, who will be pleasantly surprised by house prices in cities such as Melbourne. Catherine Moye of the Telegraph reports.
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The Government of Canada will invest an additional $920 million over the next five years in immigration-related issues Ontario. The funding is intended to help more newcomers reach their full potential in Ontario by increasing the money for services to help them settle, integrate and access language training. Joe Volpe, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, and the Honourable Mike Colle, Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, signed the Canada–Ontario Immigration Agreement.
The EU citizens are increasingly concerned about immigrations, because immigrants are often perceived as competitors in the labour market as well as causing social insecurity, disorder and religious and cultural instability.
This information emerges from the fifth report on Europe and immigration presented Nov. 21 in Venice by the 'Fondazione Nord Est'.
"Now more than ever, immigration is a European issue because it concerns all European countries," said Ilvo Diamanti, who conducted the research along with Fabio Bordignon.
A newspaper in the African country Ghana reveals that an average of 8,000 highly trained and skilled Ghanaians leave the country annually for the US through the Green Card Lottery.
Australia's Department of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA) is looking to open a call centre based in London as a first contact for people in the UK and Europe enquiring about Australia and its visa requirements.
According to a Statement of Requirements (SOR), DIMIA is looking for companies to submit tenders for implementing and maintaining a call centre capable of servicing up to 1200 calls per day for at least two years.
Thousands of India's skilled workers hoping for a career in the US may be disappointed. The House of Representatives has passed its version of the budget deficit reduction bill without any proposal to increase the annual cap of H-1B visas by 30,000 as suggested by the US Senate.