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Photos: 'Hero' bot hunts criminals
Photo Up to 10,000 heavy goods vehicles pass through Calais every week on routes that attract many illegal immigrants heading for the UK. It might only be the size of a briefcase but an intelligent robot is helping to protect the UK's borders from... [24 Jul 2008]
Occupational Status of Immigrants in Cross-National Perspective: A Multilevel Analysis
White Paper This paper examines the occupational status of immigrants in a cross-national perspective. Three groups of macro effects are distinguished: the impact of the country of origin, the role of receiving nations, and the influence of combinations... [03 Jul 2008]
The Effect of Marriage Migration on Educational Attainment of Young Immigrants
White Paper Even though, the discrepancy in educational attainment between the fastest growing population of immigrants, who are the children of guest worker immigrants, and the natives in Denmark is very large, people know little about the causes of this... [03 Jul 2008]
A Human Capital Concern: The Literacy Proficiency of U.S. Immigrants
White Paper During the past decade, an increasing number of empirical studies by economists, educational researchers, and other social scientists have documented the critical importance of human capital for the economic and social success of individual... [03 Jul 2008]
Welfare Benefits for Non-Citizens
White Paper Although the cuts were legally complex, one sweeping new rule governing welfare for immigrants emerged: non-citizens who legally enter the country after 1996 are subject to a five-year ban on some public benefits and permanent bans on others... [03 Jul 2008]
Comparing Proposals for Immigration Reform
White Paper In response to the increasing attention on immigration as a political issue, and a growing immigrant voting base, on January 7, 2004, President Bush announced a new plan for giving temporary worker status to illegal aliens and immigrants wishing... [03 Jul 2008]
A Mosaic of Ottawa's Economic and Workforce Landscape - Report II: Profiling Ottawa's Workforce
White Paper As well, careful attention was given to the concerns of the unemployed, immigrants, persons with disabilities, and groups advocating on behalf of these segments of the workforce. This paper paints a supply and demand picture for Ottawa's workforce... [03 Jul 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Migrant techies and BBC web budget busters…
Comment So we started by bemoaning the lack of graduates, then went to preferentially importing immigrants with the right skills, then with extreme reluctance admitted that women might be able to do the job, completely ignored all the people over 40 with... [05 Jun 2008]
EU border checks go biometric
News The EC is also looking at creating a European Border Surveillance System with the aim of preventing unauthorised border crossings, reducing the number of illegal immigrants dying at sea and reducing cross-border crime within the EU. [14 Feb 2008]
Networking Academy Experience Decisive in Job Success
White Paper Figen Ehliz, the daughter of Turkish immigrants to Germany, has successfully entered a profession where women are dramatically under-represented. She is now part of an 8-person team supporting the RheinEnergie AG network in Cologne. [12 Dec 2007]
Web 2.0 portals open doors for businesses
News He said: "Digital natives and digital immigrants think very differently. Businesses must look at how they can use online portals to get the most out of established and emerging web 2.0 services. Portals are homepages which users can tailor to hold... [09 Nov 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.03.07
Round-Up But after - we presume - some lengthy planning (or a few pints of loud-mouth-soup and a hasty decision) Reid clearly feels his time has come and his department has unveiled a bold strategy for ridding the UK of illegal immigrants. [09 Mar 2007]
Podcast: The Weekly Round-Up 09.03.07
Round-Up Podcast SMS texts for immigrants, the world's hottest wi-fi hotspots, BlackBerry addiction and the BBC's search plans are all up for discussion this week. [08 Mar 2007]
Opinion: Why I fear joined-up government
Comment Firstly, we don't have enough floor space in our prisons to deal with the number of fraudsters, thieves and illegal immigrants that such a database might reveal. As government once again considers building a 'super database' linking all our... [18 Jan 2007]
LatiNode Helps Immigrants Stay in Touch
White Paper Using Voice-Over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology to provide reasonably priced international phone calls to immigrants in the United States and Europe, LatiNode supports more than 3 percent of the world's VoIP traffic and generates more than... [19 Dec 2006]
