But as thousands of workers are expected to come to Australia on this temporary visa scheme, 14% of indigenous Australians remain unemployed. The recruitment of overseas workers is however still essential due to the high paying Australian welfare system.

For all Australians being on welfare will in fact pay more than entry level unskilled jobs on farms and the like. Therefore getting a job is a step down in financial terms for these unemployed. It is understandable why the unemployed would not choose to work laborious jobs when they could earn more by doing nothing.

This new visa does not pose a threat on the Australian workforce as if Australians want the job it is theirs by law, but the problem comes in when one clearly sees that the unemployed indigenous population knowingly turn down such employment opportunities.

The next task for the government is to target these unemployed citizens and somehow make taking up these jobs attractive, no matter how menial. Not only will this improve population morale but also help the economy by contributing to the continued success of the country.

This is yet another country to join the ever-growing number of countries turning to technology to make the visa application process quick and less effort.

The UAE Ministry of Interior announced on Monday the new online visa system that will be accessed via the website www.moieserv.ae.

Currently the application form, together with the required documents, need to be handed in at the nearest Naturalisation and Residency Department. This will no longer have to be done with the online system.

This system will also allow fees and charges to be paid online via a credit card.

Following months of reports concerning tight visas restrictions and new laws for those wishing to visit Beijing for the international event; such speculation has ultimately dampened the intended tourism flows for the Games.

Whilst the Games are already into their 3rd day, many hotels, restaurants and attractions have reported that tourism revenue is surprisingly low, particularly in areas surrounding the city.

China had hoped that the Beijing Games would prove prosperous for many areas of the country, as sports enthusiasts would flock to the events. Hotels even raised prices to catastrophic prices in the expectation of increased profits; sadly this has not been the case.

And the reason for such a slump… well it appears to be merely down to the limited granting of visas. With many viewing the process as near impossible, tiresome and laborious most have abandoned plans to attend and are instead watching from the comfort of their own homes. It seems that this has even be the case for some of the competing athlete’s families.

That aside, a lesson must be learnt by organisers of the 2012 London Olympics; London is already gearing ahead for an abundance of tourists, yet they must not follow China’s lead and must instead revise visa procedures for those wishing to attend. That is if they are to capitalize on the honour which has been emblazoned upon them by the IOC.

The problem as highlighted in the article is that because visa restrictions for skilled workers are making it harder to bring professionals into Australia’s the bee trade and it is subsequently losing millions every year.

With the task of restraining bees and aiding them in their productivity of precious honey needing such specialist workers, the current situation regarding visas for the seasonal demands of such businesses is harming the trade.

According to Bee Keeper Mr Brown “there are northern hemisphere specialists ready and willing to come to Australia in the northern off-season, but visa requirements block many potential seasonal immigrants…We would love to be able to have access to these people.”

Due to a decision from the Department for Work and Pensions, super signing, Argentine midfielder Sebastian Leto has been denied a work permit to play in England next season.

The player who was targeted to star alongside midfield supremo Steven Gerrard and aid Liverpool FC in their quest for European and domestic football glory joined the Reds from Lanus for a fee of around £2m in 2007.

The 21-year old talent was granted an Italian passport last summer but it was later revoked, resulting in him needing a work permit to play for the KOP this season in the premiership.

Speaking at a press conference Liverpool manager Benitez said “You have managers talking about how good he is, so I think the system needs to change…He has a long contract, and I think he can impress and next year will be a different situation.”

With the UK Premiership football tournament only days away from a fresh season, the issue surrounding foreign players and visa applications is one which has become more vividly discussed in the public domain.

In terms of current law, the department of immigration requires all those migrating to Australia to be tested for TB via an x-ray. Although a positive result does cause outright visa refusal, but the application will not be processed until the TB has been treated.

Despite this 80% of TB sufferers in Australia are non-Australian born immigrants. This, it has been suggested is due to the techniques were cases of latent TB are likely to be missed. And it is due to this that researchers believe that the current system needs to be amended.

The researchers therefore propose that testing for latent TB should take place and follow-up consultations should be encouraged post arrival in Australia.

According to a survey of 17, 500 respondents by guidebook publisher Lonely Planet, the US was rated tops, followed by Australia, New Zealand, Italy and Thailand.
The UK tourists interviewed in the survey also said that America is the country they would be most likely to visit.

Australia had previously been the most popular destination for four years in a row.
For the first time the UK has appeared in the top ten choices as more and more Brits opt for the cheaper local holiday options.

The fact that the US was selected comes as a surprise to many who often criticise them for their bureaucratic immigration system. However the weakening pound have made America attractive in terms of the favourable exchange rate compared to the strong euro. 

The report states that demographers at Melbourne’s Monash University fear that whilst immigration is increasing to a country the amount of emissions which are being produced and subsequently polluting the environment are too increasing.

They argue that population growth is the main driver of emissions but it’s being largely ignored by many a government as few are aware of such dangers.

The article reads that “researchers forecast that Australia’s population will grow from the current 21 million to 31.6 million by 2050 with almost 10 million of the people making up the net increase being migrants…As a result, they project that Australia’s emissions will have grown from the current 500 million tonnes annually to 800 million tonnes.”

The reasoning behind their somewhat revolutionary theories is that extra migration will add to economic activity and thus greenhouse emissions.

If this thought proves to be right it could be detrimental for the age of migration and global mobility. It is not merely Australia which is seeing its population numbers rise, many places the world-over are too gaining citizens at record paces.

Critics however have dismissed the Universities findings and feel that international migration is irrelevant to the global emissions as it is merely the movement of people from one country to another. This is a sensible thought as surely people leaving one country eases the emissions which that country produces and is hence balanced by the increase being created in the country of destination?

This is a debate which in a very ecological climate of green environmental awareness and many people worrying about the already evident results of climate change will surely continue to rage. However I think it is too rash to believe everything which has been said and until further studies have been created governments should instead focus on aiding the environment by stopping processes which have been proven are detrimental.

In a spate of New Zealand newspaper articles, New Zealand’s revenue minister, Peter Dunne, has described his country as a giant transit lounge as many immigrants ended up moving to Australia after stopping off in NZ.

Mr Dunne told Wellington’s Dominion Post, that nearly 20 per cent of the 37,000 New Zealanders, who went to Australia last year, permanently or for a year, were born outside New Zealand.

He says “New Zealand provides back-door entry to Australia because it has less strict immigration criteria…Most of those who moved to Australia in 2007 after immigrating to New Zealand were born in South Africa, followed by India and then England.”

The question being asked by many New Zealand nationals however that is in light of these statistics should New Zealand tighten its immigration policies in order to prevent those destined for Australia from making strategic stop gaps?

Or is this actually a positive factor which the country needs to build on, as once in the country they can then do more to encourage such migrants to stay and contribute to New Zealand’s greater to the economy and work force.

The Netherlands is a country filled with immigrants, with an estimated 10% of the total 16.6 million population are believed to be of non-Western origin.

But politicians have sought to stop immigrants from non-western countries coming into Holland.

This law which requires a language and culture test to be passed came into place in 2005. However it was mistakenly left out of the clause relating to family reunification, therefore this case took place and this Moroccan woman can now legally come to Holland to live.  

This has been met with support by human rights activists who believe that such a law is in complete violation of international human rights law and such a law should be totally scrapped.

However their celebrations may be short-lived as Dutch politicians vow to fix this loophole as soon as possible.