2 Jun 2013

Last month a mainland couple were so desperate to have their baby in Hong Kong that the man's wife pretended to be Filipino and tried to fool immigration officials at the airport by using a false...

6:03AM
25 May 2013

Sweden has long been a bastion of generous social welfare and an egalitarian political culture. So many people were shocked when scores of youths hurled rocks at police and set cars ablaze during...

4:21AM
23 May 2013

Amnesty International said on Thursday millions of people who have fled conflict or persecution, and migrants who have left home in search of work, have suffered abuses at the hands of state...

2:54PM
22 May 2013

Last week, Max Fisher of The Washington Post produced an article on the world's most and least racially tolerant places. It claimed Hong Kong was ranked as one of the world's most intolerant, with...

2:53AM
21 May 2013

Although many families are prospering in China today, immigration statistics suggest the US continues to lure away mainland professionals and entrepreneurs.

11:54AM
12 May 2013

The arrival of the 11 women, who will begin working tomorrow after a two-day orientation, marks the beginning of the official importation of maids from the country, which it is hoped will ease a...

6:05AM

It's either a sad reflection on today's China or an example of its increasing freedom of movement, but a growing number of Chinese plan to leave the country. That's their dream - to start a new...

4:45AM

The Court of Appeal has quashed a 2010 immigration decision rejecting a foreigner's plea to remain in the city to look after her young child, who is a permanent resident.

5:40AM

Britain’s anti-European and anti-immigration UK Independence Party faced a growing racism storm on Tuesday ahead of local elections seen as a test of its ability to take seats off Prime Minister...

7:00PM

Five members of ethnic minorities who call Hong Kong their home collectively applied for Chinese citizenship at the Immigration Tower yesterday, fearing they would be pressured to drop their...

1:49PM

Zesh Rehman, a British-born Pakistani, eventually got clearance to join his teammates for the group E match, after what he describe on Twitter as "the longest 24 hours ever". He added: "Finally...

5:58AM

Spain's population fell last year for the first time since annual records began in 1998 as immigrants left in droves because of a steep recession that has tipped one in four people in the country...

5:05AM

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