The Canadian government has told over 500 Canadian citizens that it intends to revoke their citizenship. It has said that it is investigating over 3,000 more people for immigration related offences.
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Changes to the UK's rules for family migrants are splitting families apart and creating a 'two-tier system; those who are rich enough to live with whom they choose and those deemed to be too poor to live with somebody from abroad,' as Don Flynn of the Migrants' Rights Network put it.
The new rules for bringing spouses to the UK, which came into force in July 2012, provide that in order for a UK national to bring a spouse from outside the European Economic Area to live in the UK, he or she must be earning at least £18,600 a year. The earnings of the non-UK spouse are not relevant to the UK Border Agency calculations.
Immigrants made up 10% of the population in OECD countries in 2010, according to a new report from the OECD.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development was founded in 1961 by 20 countries, mostly in western Europe and North America to encourage trade. Since then, another 14 countries have joined. The US, the UK, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Japan and New Zealand are all members.
A group of conservative activists travelled to Washington D.C. on Tuesday 4th December 2012 to lobby Republican Party officials on immigration. Surprisingly, the activists, known as The National Immigration Forum, were trying to persuade the Party to rethink its opposition to immigration.
From 1st December 2012, anyone granted permission to stay in the UK for over six months must apply for a biometric residence permit. These new requirements will, the UKBA says, enable 'employers and other bodies to check the immigration status and entitlements of foreign nationals.'
A leaked report prepared for the Canadian government recommends a rise in immigration levels of 6% annually between 2014 and 2018. This would take the annual immigration target from about 253,000 at present to 337,000 in 2018. The immigration target figure has been held at 253,000 since 2007.