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UK Presses Ahead With Plan for First Migrant Deportation Flight to Rwanda
Date: June 14, 2022
By Andrew MacAskill and Matthew Childs LONDON/DOVER (Reuters) -Britain’s first scheduled flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda was set to depart on Tuesday, with the government warning that anyone who avoided it through last-minute legal challenges would be put on a later plane despite an outcry from critics. Britain has struck a 120-million-pound ($148 million)...
Quebec Focuses on French-Speaking Immigrants as Companies Plead for Workers
Date: June 13, 2022
By Allison Lampert and Anna Mehler Paperny MONTREAL (Reuters) -Quebec’s plans to attract more French-speaking newcomers are unnerving some business owners who say they need immigrants from varied backgrounds to address a tight labor market in the Canadian province. Unlike other provinces, Quebec gets to choose its economic immigrants. The government previously lowered the number...
UK to Grant Visas to Graduates From the World’s Best Universities
Date: May 30, 2022
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will offer work visas to graduates from the world’s best universities in an expansion of its post-Brexit immigration system that is designed to attract the “best and brightest” workers. Since leaving the European Union, Britain has ended the priority given to EU citizens and introduced a points-based immigration...
Britain Plans to Send Migrants to Rwanda Under Tougher Asylum Policy
Date: April 14, 2022
By Alistair Smout and Clement Uwiringiyimana DUNGENESS, England/KIGALI (Reuters) – Britain could send tens of thousands of asylum seekers to the East African country of Rwanda, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday, aiming to break people-smuggling networks and stem the flow of migrants across the Channel. Concerns over immigration were a big factor in...
Google Settles Over Firing of Workers Protesting Immigration Cloud Deal
Date: March 21, 2022
By Paresh Dave and Julia Love (Reuters) -Alphabet Inc’s Google has settled with six current and former employees who had alleged the company unfairly stifled worker organizing, an abrupt ending to a trial that had been paused for several months, legal filings show. The U.S. National Labor Relations Board had pursued the case on behalf...
Relax Immigration Rules to Fix Jobs Squeeze, Companies Urge UK
Date: September 6, 2021
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