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Risk of rise in Illegal Immigration in Ireland Post Brexit

2018-08-21T15:00:32+01:00Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

      A government report has warned that Ireland could see a significant rise of a number of illegal asylum seekers and immigrants. A National Risk Assessment was carried out recently and has found that Ireland is at risk of increased illegal movement as Brexit gets introduced to the UK. “Brexit may give rise to [...]

Two Ukrainians leave their country every minute

2018-08-20T15:59:51+01:00Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

      Research has found that since late March 2018 over 400,000 citizens have left Ukraine in search of a better life abroad. A little over a quarter of Ukrainians have left the country to wait out hard times while they find work temporarily abroad, according to a survey by the Kyiv International Institute of [...]

Illegal immigration on the rise as visa restrictions become strict

2018-08-15T15:00:56+01:00Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

A recent new study has found that as the British government has put more control on the immigration system, it has driven up the number of people entering the UK illegally. While the the visa restrictions have cut overall migration as the government planned, academics said they can be "ineffective and counterproductive" because they force more people to [...]

Australian Citizenship Minister Introduces Stricter Value Test for Migrants

2018-08-09T10:56:04+01:00Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

          Source: AAP Malcolm Turnbull, the government's minister has expressed concern that many people are granted permanent residency before they even step foot into the country so therefore wants to further tighten the visas. Last year Australia accepted around 162,000 permanent migrants last year which is well below they annual cap of [...]

Trump says ‘Hire American’s’ as he changes working visas

2018-08-06T14:19:11+01:00Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

A Drop in H-2B Visas A Trump limits the number of H-2B visas companies with high demand and who are dependant on foreign seasonal workers are beginning to suffer. Despite Donald Trump's promise to have the back of smaller businesses, many small American companies have been denied visas to bring in foreign workers this year. Across [...]

Hong Kong grants same sex couples equal visa rights

2018-08-03T15:00:39+01:00Tags: , , , , , , , , |

  Since 2014 a British national has been fighting her case in court for Hong Kong to accept her spousal visa, her spouse is also a British national working in Hong Kong. In the first week of July Hong Kong's highest court ordered immigration officials to grant spousal visas to same sex expatriate couples. The couple [...]

Foreign Workers in Australia Could be Owed Money

2018-07-26T13:26:16+01:00Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

          If you're a foreign worker and you've worked in Australia in the last ten years on a working holiday visa you could be in for a tax refund. Tax refund specialists in Australia are calling up anyone who worked in Australia in the last the years to check their filing obligations [...]

Record high numbers of foreigners entering NZ for work

2018-07-18T13:55:30+01:00Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Despite the New Zealand government's changes to control immigration numbers, it has been reported that the number of people entering for work visas have increased massively. Last year more than 228,000 work visas were approved which has increased by 4000 from the previous financial year. The main industry in which a lot more foreign workers are [...]

Japan opens their arms to more foreign workers

2018-07-16T11:45:32+01:00Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

In a bid to improve the shortage of labour workers Tokyo has opened its arms to greet low skilled foreign workers. Previously and more commonly Japan has been known to only accept highly skilled foreign workers but has now changed their mind as the ageing population has had an effect on the labour workforce. In June [...]

Brits worried about working abroad post Brexit

2018-07-12T11:59:55+01:00Tags: , , , , , , , |

Despite Theresa May's reassurance that a 'soft Brexit' will be implemented, a survey has showed that over half of British workers are worried about being able to work abroad. While workers are worried about being able to find work abroad it hasn't stopped them from still wanting to pursue their dream. According to the survey carried [...]