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The number of EU migrants arriving in the UK has dropped significantly since tighter UK immigration rules were introduced. Full report, here.

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has admitted botching a free US work permit scheme for migrant crime victims. Full report, here.

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has held an unprecedented third H1B visa lottery. Full report, here.

Not a single scientist has applied for a UK Global Talent Visa, according to a freedom of information request. Full report, here.

The US and China have reached an agreement to ease visa restrictions on each other’s journalists following a series of tit-for-tat expulsions. Full report, here.

Australia will open its international border to fully vaccinated skilled workers and students from the start of December, potentially easing a labor shortage that has contributed to rising inflation

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says welcoming skilled migrants back into Australia is “the next natural step” as the country continues to move forward from the coronavirus pandemic.

UK Home Secretary, Priti Patel has blamed the UK immigration crisis in the Channel on the EU’s open borders. Full report, here.

Australia will reopen its international borders to more than 200,000 visa holders as it moves towards the final phase of the national plan almost two years after the coronavirus pandemic shut the country off to the rest of the world.

The federal government is hopeful they will soon be able to move to “stage two” of its international border reopening to bring in skilled workers to fill the shortages across Australia.