A Canadian research Chair in Urban Change and Adaptation at the University of Winnipeg, Tom Carter said that immigration has become the main population driver and labor-force growth in the nation. Immigration has become very important in recent years due to low birth rates and population aging.

The European Parliament has recently passed tough new measures directed against immigrants and refugees who are trying to get entry to the EU countries, most of whom arrive to EU illegally from some developing countries. The tougher attitude towards immigrants and refugees comes as a result of widespread pressure form the European public.

If you want your resume to stand out among others or if you want to be paid more than taking an evening French class will be beneficial for you.

Human resources specialist and owner of HRbydesign, Dinah Bailey said that people who can speak more languages are more likely to get employment opportunities than those who aren’t able to speak a second language. Bailey says that having multilingual skills is often very beneficial in sales and customer services.

Only six illegal immigrants volunteered to go out of the United States of their own in the first week of a pilot program that invited more than half-million people to self-deport, federal officials said.

The Iranian Christian convert Thomas Yadegary definitely achieves a victory in short term following his release on bail. However, it may be the last time such decisions are taken by the court before the Immigration bill as the Green MP Keith Locke and No Right Turn have both pointed out that the power of court to grant relief in such cases might be taken away. This will certainly create a system of indefinite detention in New Zealand.

One of the US war deserters who had been ordered to back home by the Canadian government will file a new appeal in the Federal Court of Canada, his lawyer said on Thursday.

Jeremy Hinzman is the first US war deserter in recent years who had applied for refugee status in Canada. However, the immigration authorities determined that if he was to be sent back to the US, then he will not face any persecution of hardship in the United States. Following this, he was told by the authorities that he and his family have to leave Canada by September 23, 2008.

The Canadian government is trying to attract the skilled British workers to immigrate to the country to boost up the economy of Canada.

People in Britain are loosing patience with the soaring cost of living, and the state of hospitals and schools. Therefore, the officials believe that superior public services and stable economy will tempt the British people to come to Canada. Minister of Employment and Immigration Hector Goudreau has been traveling across the Atlantic to encourage workers who fit the criteria for skills and experience to apply for a fast-tracked visa.

Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada Diane Finley has started her cross-Canada tour. The main motive of this tour by the CIC is to develop the framework for the newly introduced amendments to the Canadian immigration legislation. Critics questioned as to why these consultations were not held before the conservative government introduced the changes that was needed to be applied to all the applications that were received on or after 27th of February 2008. Due to the late reaction by the conservative government, the applications have been consistently piling up at the visa offices and all of them will remain untouched until fresh instructions are issued by Minister Finley.

The government of Canada is preparing to give more independence and autonomy to the provinces on the economic stage. This week, it was suggested that Ottawa is all prepared to transfer some of the traditionally federal economic power to the provincial government; the proposed labor mobility deal between Quebec and France was cited as an example.

Due to huge labor shortages in a number of industries across Canada, the Canadian employers are now turning towards overseas workers. Alberta has been trying to recruit a number of workers from various countries. It has been strapped for skilled workers and therefore has led important recruitment drives to India, United Kingdom and South Africa.