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The UK government's new Immigration and Asylum Bill is expected to include a points-based system for immigration. The measures, due to be published on June 22, include fingerprinting of all visa applicants.
There will also be a limited right of appeal for students, workers and family visitors refused visas. Ministers hope the proposals will cut down on abuses in the system.
The Canadian Embassy in Budapest has moved and is re-opening to the public at its new location on 21 June.
The new address is:
The Canadian EmbassyGanz utca 12-141027 BudapestHungary
The telephone and fax numbers will stay the same:
Telephone: (36-1) 392-3360Fax: (36-1) 392-3390
The BBC has found evidence that many Eastern European workers are being brought in illegally by a gangmaster in Cornwall in the UK. The BBC has found out that at least two Russians have been working illegally in the tourism industry, using false Lithuanian passports.
One informant, who did not wish to be named because he feared for his life, said: "I've been told that they were Russians, they were working for a guy in Cornwall. They didn't have any P45s or any documentation because they didn't belong to the EU, so they got hold of some Lithuanian passports with different people's names.
New Zealand had a seasonally adjusted long-term and permanent migration net gain of 780 people in May, the biggest in seven months according to official data on 21 June. The net migration gain compared with the previous month's gain of 530 people, revised from an original 510. The seasonally adjusted monthly gain was the highest since October 2004.
On an actual, unadjusted basis, departures exceeded arrivals by 1,140, compared with a loss of 590 a year earlier, the government agency said.
Scotland's economic growth was somewhat stunted in 2004, but 2005 should close the growth gap with the rest of the UK, with help from immigration. High numbers of immigrants came to Scotland in 2004, attracted by low real estate prices and high employment opportunities.
According to the Ernst & Young Scottish ITEM Club summer update, the healthier outlook from Scottish consumers compared with the rest of the UK is continuing to buoy the Scottish economy relative to the UK in the short term.
A study released on 14 June by the Pew Hispanic Forum shows that for the last 10 years, the arrival of illegal migrants to the US has been far greater than legal immigrants. The study that most undocumented migrants in the United States arrived since 1990, and that many belong to families made up of parents and children who are U.S. citizens.The findings point out how badly the immigration system is broken and how difficult reform may be, analysts said.