Taking talent across borders

When the UK’s coalition government promised a new cap on immigrants, busi-nesses were immediately concerned. With London acting as a hub for international talent, many growing companies feared they would be hindered from hiring the staff they needed to fuel their expansion after an annual limit of 21,700 non-EU work visas came into effect in April.

The change is the latest example of attempts by countries around the world to tighten immigration rules in the wake of the global economic crisis. While such moves may have a political motive, businesses have been unsettled by the changes.

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Taking talent across borders

The OECD report notes that immigrants often have higher rates of self-employment than natives, particularly in Belgium, France, the Nordic countries, and central and eastern Europe. Foreign-born residents also have slightly higher self-employment rates



Opinion: All immigrants do not have the same prerequisites for integration

We are doing this already, as different rules apply to citizens of different countries. For instance, citizens of the Nordic countries are free to enter Denmark without a passport and have easier access to becoming Danish citizens.



Nordic values may find chilly welcome in China

earlier this year, claiming that the predatory capitalism in the "Anglo-Saxon" nations has been weakened as a role model since the financial crisis, and the Nordic countries are living proof of a better alternative. Does the Nordic model represent the



Demographic tectonics

The issue is not only one of decline in absolute figures, but also one of a graying population and a shrinking workforce. ot all European countries are equally affected. France, Ireland, Britain and some Nordic countries have fertility rates quite



EU begins Schengen border review
EU begins Schengen border review

Austria joined agreement in 1997, followed by Nordic countries in 2000. Nine new EU member states were incorporated in 2007 and Switzerland in 2008 But France and Italy say a migrant surge is also grounds for reintroducing such checks.




English Pensioner: What does Immigration cost this Country?

"The conservative daily Jyllands-Posten revealed this report on April 28 under the headline “Restrictions on foreigners saves billions”. According to the liberal daily, the annual cost to Danish society of non-Western immigrants is put at 15.7 billion kroner (2.1 billion euros), and since the right came to power in 2001 the kingdom has saved 5.1 billion kroner (nearly 684 million euros) every year. But this isn't the only report suggesting immigration costs are a huge burden. Research from other Nordic countries as reported in Global Politician shows the immigration costs in Norway and Sweden are getting way out of control and projections indicate that soon Norway will need its entire revenue from its oil and gas to provide the necessary support. Of even more concern is a subsequent paragraph which reports that " Thousands of Muslim children with Scandinavian citizenship are sent to Koran schools in Pakistan and other countries, to prevent them from becoming "too Westernized." When this practice was documented and criticized by the Norwegian organization Human Rights Service, Pakistanis in Norway had the galls to ask for a school for their children in Pakistan, funded by Norwegian taxpayers ".  Presumably this is why Cameron promised Parkistan more money for schools during his recent visit - so our "British" Muslim children can be sent there for their "education" in terrorism and Sharia Law. I was a grammar school boy who went into engineering after having studied part time at Technical Colleges and gained the necessary experience to become a Chartered Engineer.
Initially I worked on defence electronics and subsequently on ground radar systems and radar data processing.

Now retired, my main interests are working with computers, family history research, church bell ringing and travel.

I am absolutely against Britain being a member of the E.U., and believe that whilst climate change may be taking place, there is absolutely no proof that it is man-made.
For these two reasons, I am unable to support the present day Conservative Party, although I always did so until Margaret Thatcher left office.


Immigration To Nordic Countries - Bookshelf

Trends in International Migration 1999, Continuous Reporting System on Migration

Trends in International Migration 1999, Continuous Reporting System on Migration

Immigration from Nordic countries, and primarily from Sweden, was largely responsible for this increase. By 1996, the Norwegian authorities recognised that ...

Innovative people, mobility of skilled personnel in national innovation systems

Innovative people, mobility of skilled personnel in national innovation systems

Using register data from 1989, he makes the migration figures comparable across the Nordic countries and finds that the Danish figures overestimate the ...

Immigration and emigration in historical perspective

Immigration and emigration in historical perspective

Although a migration is an individual act, most works on migration deal with ... Despite emigration losses the populations of the Nordic countries grew, ...

EU labour migration since enlargement, trends, impacts and policies

EU labour migration since enlargement, trends, impacts and policies

EU-10 Immigration to the Nordic Countries The Relative Attraction of the Nordic Countries To put the new immigration into Sweden in its proper perspective ...

European integration and housing policy

European integration and housing policy

There is, however, no evidence on economically significant migration within Nordic countries. The only quantitatively large migration was that from Finland ...

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Immigration to Sweden
Citizens of countries outside the Nordic area and the EU/EEA area wishing to work in ... The Nordic countries have a common outer passport control system, ...

Migration Information Source - Sweden: Restrictive ...
Although Sweden was once open to labor migrants from across Europe ... Most immigration in the 1950s and 1960s was from neighboring Nordic countries, with the largest numbers ...

Auldenfire Sweden AB - ALSS - Swedish Residence and Work Visas
Immigration to Sweden is broken down into several categories: Nordic country immigrants ... There are a number of countries whose citizens may travel to and ...

EUobserver / Populism on the rise in the Nordic region
The trusted source of EU related news and information. Editorially independent, open ... Compared to the rest of the Nordic countries, the picture is somewhat different in ...

Immigration and the Nordic Welfare State Model " The Harvard ...
Anti-immigration sentiment is not the sole preserve of Nordic countries; vitriolic ... But to the extent that Nordic countries want to continue accepting immigrants, ...
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