The Filipino emigrant workforce
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19:21 26/09/2014
Beginning in the 1970s the Philippines has focused on exporting labor overseas. In the first years of this new policy the numbers were relatively small, in the tens of thousands, but this continually...
The new center of Call-Centers – the Philippines
10:05 26/09/2014
By 2016, the income generated from Call-Centers in the Philippines may exceed the income from remittances by expatriate workers to the Philippines; for decades this has been the single largest source...
UK to relax transit visa rules
18:27 25/09/2014
The UK has announced changes to the transit visa scheme, which will hopefully encourage visitors to stop over in the UK while en-route to other destinations. The announcement was made by Home...
London businesses seek visa reforms
13:27 25/09/2014
Almost 50% of London-based businesses are calling for the UK government to reform the Tier 2 visa system over concerns about a shortage of skilled workers. A recent business survey was carried out by...
Lord Heseltine: Foreign students should be excluded from UK immigration cuts
11:36 24/09/2014
A former UK deputy Prime Minister has called for foreign students to be excluded from the UK government's immigration figures, explaining that students are 'not the sort of people causing the anxiety...
Record number of visitors to the UK from Philippines
10:58 24/09/2014
New records were set for the numbers of Filipino visitors traveling to the UK. In the 12 months prior to March 2014, 49,000 visas were issued to Filipinos. There was a 27% increase in the number of...
