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Speaking at the JCWI's AGM in London last night, Mr Rahman said the Immigration Rule changes, in particular the minimum £18,600 income requirement to bring in a non-EU spouse or partner, introduced by the UK Border Agency (UKBA) in July were dividing families and hitting British perople as well as foreigners.

Germany's drive to bring recruit highly skilled and qualified professionals from abroad has issued more than 4,000 EU Blue Card since it's launched date.Most of the highly skilled professionals were from India. From August 2012 till January 2013, 983 Indian professionals migrated to Germany with Blue Card. 398 Chinese professionals got the card in the same time.

The Migration Advisory Committee is conducting a review into the minimum salary thresholds for the Tier 2 visa route - something which is likely to deprive the UK's tech-driven organisations of vit...

Canada created 51,000 new jobs in February, blowing past expectations thanks to an increase in full-time work.Statistics Canada reported that the unemployment rate remained steady at seven per cent during the month. That's because the number of new jobs was almost the same as the number of new job-seekers.

Australia's economy has met expectations, recording annual growth of 3.1 per cent last year.The Bureau of Statistics gross domestic product (GDP) figures show the economy's output rose 0.6 per cent over the final three months of last year, bringing economic growth for 2012 to 3.1 per cent.

High number of immigrant women mostly from non-Western countries is receiving cash welfare benefits from Danish government.Approx. 24,000 immigrant women have received cash welfare benefits for more than 10 years. Immigrant women from non-Western countries are 3.4 percent of the Danish population and are between 16 and 64 years of age.