Tag: Immigration

LONDON - Differences emerged in the British coalition government over the issue of immigration as one of the important cabinet ministers launched attack on Prime Minister Cameron, branding him as 'very unwise' in comments about Britain needing "good immigration rather than mass immigration".
UK Business Secretary Vince Cable, a Liberal Democrat, said, "The comments from the prime minister are very unwise. I do understand there is an election coming but talk of mass immigration

LAHORE - The Lahore Consumer Court on Monday summoned the Future Concern Immigration Agency chief executive for March 25 for cheating citizens for Canadian immigration and swindling Rs 0.3 million from citizen Azhar Iftikhar. Complainant Azhar Iftikhar said that Future Concern Immigration Agency Chief Executive Asim Malik took Rs 0.3 million from him in April 2010 for processing his immigration to Canada but embezzled the amount. The complainant said that Malik had taken the fees to

LONDON - United Kingdom, once considered a best destination to study and work for the people from all over the world is fast losing its charm, thanks to the tough immigration policies of the Conservative party led government. Conservative party, commonly known as a Tory party of UK went into the 2010 general elections with the issue of immigration on the top of their agenda.
With unemployment raised to its record high and more than 2 million Brits out of work, "British jobs for

TUNIS - Tunisia said it was ready to work with foreign governments to stem a wave of immigrants heading across the Mediterranean as it hosted talks Monday with the chief diplomats of the European Union and Italy.
Around 5,000 asylum-seekers have landed on the remote Italian island of Lampedusa in the past week, most of them fleeing Tunisia after the president was toppled a month ago, leading Rome to declare a humanitarian emergency. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's interior

LONDON: Immigration to Britain is "unacceptably high" and must be brought down, but this can be done while ensuring businesses can import talent, Prime Minister David Cameron said in remarks aired on Sunday.
He spoke a few days after the state Migration Advisory Committee, charged with setting limits for skilled migrants, said the number of skilled workers from outside the European Union allowed into Britain should be cut by up to a quarter.
"Over recent years we've had net

JERUSALEM: The Israeli cabinet on Sunday voted to bring to the country some 8,000 Ethiopians who claim Jewish descent, saying they are living in conditions of disease and hunger.
"There are about 8,000 women, men and children living in the most severe humanitarian conditions," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the weekly cabinet session."We have a moral commitment as Jews, as the People of Israel, to find a solution."
Israel began bringing Ethiopia's Jewish community