Michel Barnier: the 'French Joe Biden' who grappled with BrexitVeteran French politician Michel Barnier has been appointed as France's new prime minister after two months of political deadlock. Known fo...
05 Sep, 2024, 05.50 PM IST
New French immigration law promulgated by Macron: Official JournalFrance's Constitutional Council had previously censured certain contentious additions to the bill made under insistence from the right, inc...
27 Jan, 2024, 08.52 AM IST
France introduces new 'fee' for student visas to keep a check on overstays & crimeThe bill also makes it more challenging for immigrants to bring family members to France, extending the residency requirement from 18 to 24...
09 Jan, 2024, 05.55 PM IST
France's new immigration bill: New visa fees for foreign students, tougher dependent rulesInitially framed as a balanced approach aimed at facilitating residency permits for migrants in labor-deficient sectors while streamlining ...
20 Dec, 2023, 03.22 PM IST
French lawmakers strike deal on tougher immigration billA group of French lawmakers reached a tentative agreement on a controversial immigration bill on Tuesday, highlighting the challenges faced...
19 Dec, 2023, 09.41 PM IST
Quebec is planning to make French mandatory for all new immigrantsQuebec Premier Francois Legault proposes changes to the province’s economic immigration criteria requiring skilled workers to have a basic ...
31 May, 2023, 08.52 PM IST
Thousands protest French government's immigration plansThousands marched in French cities in protest against the planned changes to immigration laws and evictions of illegal migrants from Mayott...
30 Apr, 2023, 07.56 AM IST
French PM delays immigration bill over lack of majorityBorne said she had failed to reach a deal so far with the conservative Les Republicains (LR) party on the immigration bill, which aims to s...
26 Apr, 2023, 05.19 PM IST
Immigrating to Canada under the Express Entry system is set to change. Here's all you need to knowThe amendment adds that the Minister’s annual report to Parliament must include instructions to establish any category for foreign national...
10 Mar, 2023, 10.17 AM IST
France is mulling a new residency permit for foreigners to ease labour shortagesThe French reform comes at a time when other European countries are also loosening immigration rules to deal with labour market pressures, ...
23 Dec, 2022, 10.46 AM IST
Canada's Quebec plans to bar most immigrants who don’t speak FrenchThe percentage of Quebeckers declaring French as their first spoken language declined 1.5 percentage points to 82.2% between 2016 and 2021,...
02 Dec, 2022, 12.44 PM IST
Canada is working on plans to boost immigration among French speakersNova Scotia is about to launch its new 'francophone' immigration action plan, to accelerate application process of speakers and learners of...
30 Nov, 2022, 02.27 PM IST
Quebec's new French requirement for immigrants has Canadian tech companies up in armsQuebec, like many other parts of Canada has been facing an acute labour shortage, depending mostly on new immigrants to fill in the vacanci...
17 Jun, 2022, 01.42 PM IST
VIEW: All migrants are equal, but some migrants are more equal than othersCAB is a sort of double-entrendre. As the BJP leadership is at pains to explain to anyone with a dour look on his or her face, this is not ...
11 Dec, 2019, 01.11 PM IST
Lifting country cap on Green Card would help in attracting best talent: CongressmenThe bill will provide relief to the thousands of families who have been stuck in employment backlogs for decades, said Indian-American Cong...
12 Jul, 2019, 03.11 PM IST
UK cracks down on illegal immigrants living as tenantsLandlords will be expected to evict tenants who lose the right to live in England under new UK government measures to crack down on illegal...
03 Aug, 2015, 04.06 PM IST
- Deoband asks Islamic nations to pressure Europe against burqa ban
Darul Uloom, the spiritual home for the arch-conservative Deobandi school of Islam, on Monday asked Muslim countries to work for lifting th...
04 May, 2010, 06.35 AM IST