Net migration to the UK hit a new record high of 606,000 last year, driven by people from non-EU countries arriving for work, study, and humanitarian reasons, according to official estimates. The figure—released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) on Thursday—marks a significant increase from 2021, when net migration stood at 488,000. A total…

The current state of Australia’s infrastructure, housing, and services cannot support the surge of New Zealand migrants in the next four years, says the Melbourne-based think tank Institute of Public Affairs (IPA). New analysis by the IPA shows that around 130,000 additional New Zealanders are expected to move to Australia between 2023 and 2027. It…

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has stressed the need to curb legal immigration, saying it can lead to “unmanageable pressures” on communities when it is “too high and too fast.” The government has been under pressure to cut not only illegal immigration but also legal migration numbers. Writing in The Telegraph, Sunak reaffirmed his determination to…

New York City has lost nearly half a million residents in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, with most city-dwellers having flocked to the southern states, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates. The U.S. Census Bureau revealed on May 18 that the Big Apple witnessed an exodus of over 468,200 between April 2020 and July 2022, resulting in…

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have agreed to “strengthen cooperation” between UK and EU agencies on immigration, Downing Street has said. The two leaders “underlined that the UK and EU have a shared interest in tackling cross-border crime and people trafficking” during bilateral talks at the Council of…

A newly arrived immigrant in New Zealand was found to be exploited by her company, working 12-hour days, six days a week, without getting paid. Haesol Yuk arrived in New Zealand with her family in 2019 from South Korea when her husband got an appointment as the Pastor of the Jesus Aroma Church Trust, according…

Over the last few years, Americans in general have stayed put. In fact, 2022’s migration rate of 8.7 percent was just slightly higher than 2021’s record low of 8.4 percent, the lowest migration rate in 75 years. One migration trend continues to get attention, however. Left-leaning states like California, New York, and Illinois continue to…

Officials from U.S. Homeland Security, Panama, and Colombia discuss migration issues in Darien Gap at 1:00 p.m. ET on April 11. …

Officials from U.S. Homeland Security, Panama, and Colombia discuss migration issues in Darien Gap at 1:00 p.m. ET on April 11. …

Britain should focus on fixing its “skills problem” rather than continuing to rely on migrant workers from overseas, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said. Talking to business leaders in the City of London on Monday, he said migration is not “the answer to all of our problems.” Starmer acknowledged there is short-term demand for…