Call London +44(0)344-991-9222. ![]() The world’s most popular immigration advice site ● 32 Years in Business ● Established in 1988 Immigration newsletter 5 December 2007 Kevin Rudd, the new Prime Minister for Australia, has named and sworn in his Immigration Minister, Senator Christopher Evans. Senator Evans replaces Kevin Andrews, the former Immigration Minister for the former Prime Minister, John Howard. From 30 November 2007, 320 Service Canada centers began offering in-person credentials referral services for migrants who were trained internationally. The Service Canada centers are part of the Canadian government's Foreign Credentials Referral Office (FCRO), and will help internationally trained immigrants who want to work in Canada to get the information they need to have their credentials assessed and recognized more quickly. New figures from the United Kingdom's Office of National Statistics (ONS) project that the population of Britain could rise up to 108.7 million people by 2081. The current population of the UK is 60.5 million. The forecast takes into account increased immigration, more births, and rising life expectancy. Research released by the Global Economic Policy Centre (GEP) at Nottingham University, uses a case study of minorities in Latvia to warn of a "minority brain-drain" that Central and Eastern European nations may experience. Rather than learn Latvian, many Russian-speaking minorities would rather learn a language like English and move elsewhere for better job opportunities. For the third consecutive year, the American Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand has stated that the skilled workers shortage is a major concern for United States companies based in New Zealand. The annual Business Climate Survey found that labor shortages were the key concern for 70% of respondents, up from 33% in the 2006 survey. The director of the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture, Paris Aristotle, wants New Zealand to increase its annual refugee quota. He said that people on the run from war ravaged and politically unstable nations are living in detention camps longer than necessary. CONNECT WITH US: |