Page 5 - Immigration Laws

Japan Parliament passes bill to amend immigration law to deport foreigners

Japan's lower house of Parliament on Tuesday passed a contentious bill to amend an immigration law allowing authorities to deport foreign nationals who apply for refugee status multiple times.

Immigration services to be hit as 155,000 Canadian govt employees on strike

PSAC, the union representing federal workers, went on strike on April 19 after they failed to reach an agreement with the government

Not seeking permanent immigration visas from any country in FTA: Goyal

India is not seeking permanent immigration visas from any country under a free trade agreement (FTA) and is only looking to engage with trading partners on mobility like temporary visas for students, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. He said that some people mix up mobility and immigration but they are two separate subjects. Mobility is about expanding trade, business, providing temporary visas for people who visit a country either for work or for studies, he said. "India is not seeking permanent immigration visas from any country... We are only looking to engage with countries on mobility. We are concerned only about our ability to give services for business and investments through temporary visas, for students who take training in the post study period... (and) for which we have found a lot of acceptance in all the countries with which we are talking," he told reporters here. He added that post-Covid, the world is realising that remote working is a gr

Canada to deport 700 Indian students who produced fake docs for admissions

The matter gained traction when the Canadian Border Security Agency (CBSA) began its investigation as these students applied for permanent residence after completing their studies

UK looks to ease immigration rules for foreign workers to plug shortages

The Migration Advisory Committee has recommended that tradespeople including carpenters, bricklayers and roofers should be added to the "shortage occupation list"

Germany to facilitate immigration of skilled workers with a new law

Germany will make it easier for skilled workers to immigrate, paving the way for the 'most modern immigration law' in the history of the country, the government says

British PM Liz Truss may lift immigration cap to fight labour shortage

Plans to introduce more tax cuts next year as part of first full Budget

Swedish election puts anti-immigration Sweden Democrats on centre stage

Right wing in slim lead in parliamentary election' Sweden Democrat gains give edge to right; Moderates leader main contender to become PM

Missing the deadline, EU citizens will get 28-day notice for UK residency

Around 5.6 million EU citizens have applied for residency rights in Britain before the June 30 deadline

Immigrants are a gift: Germany learns from solution for birth rate crisis

It's useful to bear the German experience in mind as the US again tackles its 'immigration crisis'.

President Biden clear about restoring compassion, order to immigration: WH

"The executive actions signed thus far are just the beginning," a White House spokesperson told PTI

Priti Patel unveils campaign to counter UK's Windrush immigration scandal

UK Home Secretary Priti Patel on Thursday unveiled a new campaign to ensure those affected can access government support and compensation.

US court rejects Trump's bid to end legal protections for young immigrants

The justices rejected administration arguments that the 8-year-old Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program is illegal and that courts have no role to play in reviewing the decision to end DACA

British MP critical of govt's Article 370 move denied India entry, deported

Labour Party MP Debbie Abraham, who landed at the Delhi airport, was deported to Dubai. The Home Ministry maintained that it had informed her about her e-visa being cancelled

Change ridiculous immigration laws: Trump's latest tweetstorm at Congress

US President Donald Trump today attacked Congress for not passing tough immigration laws and described the present system of prosecution and deportation of illegal immigrants as "a whole big wasted procedure". In a series of tweets, he said that the US laws do not easily allow the government to send those crossing the southern border back where they came from. His tweets came at a time when a caravan of over 1,200 Central American immigrants is heading towards the US' southern border, largely unfettered through Mexico. Earlier, Trump had also threatened to pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico unless it does more to stop people from crossing into the US. "As ridiculous as it sounds, the laws of our country do not easily allow us to send those crossing our Southern Border back where they came from. A whole big wasted procedure must take place. Mexico & Canada have tough immigration laws, whereas ours are an Obama joke. ACT CONGRESS," he tweeted. In another