Immigration

Trump slams ‘decaying’ and ‘weak’ Europe

PRESIDENT Donald Trump blasted Europe as “decaying” and “weak” on immigration and Ukraine in an interview published on Tuesday, deepening a rift between the United States and some of its oldest allies...

Trump has embraced AI acceleration as central to American strategic dominance.

The fracturing of Maga and its implications for US policies

How trade, immigration, AI and foreign affairs are dividing Trump’s coalition

Britain's Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood appearing on the BBC's 'Sunday Morning' television show, Nov 16, 2025.

UK government defends refugee shakeup in face of hard right

[LONDON] Britain’s interior minister on Sunday defended plans to drastically reduce protections for refugees and end automatic benefits for asylum seekers, insisting that irregular migration was “tear...

America's economic dynamism will likely not be undone by tightening up on foreign talent inflow.

The US$100,000 fee should not damage America’s economy: an ex-H-1B visa holder reflects

Understanding the rationale for the hike and why tightening up on foreign workers may not undo the US’ dynamism

The annualised population growth rate over the last five years is also higher at 1.5%, compared with the 0.5% recorded in the preceding five-year period between 2015 and 2020.

Singapore’s population hits record 6.11 million, boosted by foreign workers

Citizen births edge up 1.2% in 2024 while number of marriages falls 5.7%, with families getting smaller over time

Migrants picked up at sea attempting to cross the English Channel from France, disembark from a Border Force vessel after it arrived in Dover, Britain, Sep 19, 2025. British interior minister Shabana Mahmood will on Monday announce that migrants would have to make social security contributions, claim no benefits, have a clean criminal record and volunteer in their community in order to stay.

UK plans tougher rules for migrants seeking to stay in country

[LONDON] Migrants seeking to settle in the UK will have to have a job, not claim benefits, and undertake community work under plans to be unveiled by the interior minister on Monday.

A banner showing US President Donald Trump is displayed by a protester at Incheon International Airport in Incheon to welcome workers detained in a US immigration sweep.

South Koreans seized in immigration raid return home to rousing welcome

A Korean Air Lines jet carrying 330 people – 316 of them South Koreans – touched down at Incheon International Airport on Friday

Construction has been disrupted at multiple LG Energy Solution sites across the US.

Hyundai says battery plant delayed after immigration raid

The operation has cast doubt over billions of US dollars of South Korean companies’ future investment in the US

The top South Korean battery maker is building three other production lines in Arizona, Michigan and Ohio.

US raid disrupts construction at multiple South Korean battery plants

LG Energy has issued an internal notice calling for the immediate return of all workers and contractors travelling in the US under a short-term visa waiver programme