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Immigration

Opinion & Features

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

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

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

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.
International

UK plans tougher rules for migrants seeking to stay in country

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.
International

South Koreans seized in immigration raid return home to rousing welcome

Hyundai has pledged recently to increase its investment in the US to US$26 billion till 2028, up from the US$21 billion it had promised in March.
Companies & Markets

Hyundai says battery plant delayed after immigration raid

Hundreds of South Korean employees and contractors hired by LG Energy are setting up equipment and training other personnel at the sites.
Companies & Markets

US raid disrupts construction at multiple South Korean battery plants

The exterior of the Folkston Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing Center where Korean workers of Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution are being detained in Folkston, Georgia, Sep 8, 2025.
International

South Korea to send chartered plane to Atlanta to bring back workers detained in US

The battery factory is part of Hyundai’s US$12.6 billion investments in the state in what would be “the largest economic development project in the state’s history”.
Global Enterprise

US immigration agents arrest hundreds at Hyundai plant, mostly South Koreans

Active participation by private property developers and more migration will help in Singapore's urban transformation.
Opinion & Features
COMMENTARY

Draft Master Plan 2025 builds capacity; its success hinges on developers stepping up, skilled migrants bringing dynamism

Police arrested 25 people on suspicion of violating the curfew as of Tuesday evening.
International

US Marines make first detention in LA as more protests expected

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