Migration
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May 24th 2013
UK net migration down by 1/3
The number of people coming to the UK has fallen by over 80,000 in the last year, according to official figures showing net migration fell by a third. In the year... -
May 2nd 2013
UK’s shifting ethnic diversity
An Oxford professor has claimed white Britons 'will be a minority' in the UK before 2070 if current population trends continue. The proportion of minority groups living in Britain will rise... -
April 18th 2013
Australia: Population rises to new milestone
The Australian Bureau of Statistics says the nation's population is set to hit 23 million people on April 23 at 9.57pm (AEST), but there's only a 40 per cent chance... -
March 25th 2013
Rules revised for UK migrants
Europeans will have to prove they are "genuinely seeking employment" to claim UK jobless benefits for more than six months, David Cameron has said. The prime minister said it was among... -
March 23rd 2013
Deputy PM backs bonds for migrants
Nick Clegg has made his biggest intervention to date in the debate on immigration, calling for cash deposits of more than £1,000 for some migrants. The deposit would be paid by... -
March 23rd 2013
42 million people want to settle in UK
About 13% of the world's adults -- or about 630 million people -- say they would like to leave their country and move somewhere else permanently. For roughly 138 million... -
March 16th 2013
Urgent need for 250k UK school places
As this boom ages and continues, pressure on housing, transport, emissions etc. can only increase. From the BBC A quarter of a million extra school places will be needed in England by... -
March 15th 2013
What if the entire world lived in one city?
It's difficult to think about global urbanization at the scale of individual cities. There’s no such thing as the model metropolis that mirrors the development patterns and sustainability problems of... -
March 8th 2013
Yvette Cooper: End visa loopholes
Student visa loopholes are allowing tens of thousands of people to enter the UK without any checks, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper says. Genuine foreign students were being blocked while short-term... -
January 16th 2013 | Tags: Migration, Population info and analysis
Jersey considers population cap
A CAP on the Island’s population could be introduced as part of a major policy rethink on the way that Jersey’s immigration controls are enforced this year. 1976 – 71,018; 1981...
