Category: Global

RUSSIA The Federal Migration Service of Russia has been reorganized. On April 5, 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a Presidential Order reorganizing the Federal Migration Service of Russia. Specifically, it no longer exists as an independent government service. It is one of the departments of the Internal Affairs Ministry.  Previously, the Federal Migration Service… Read More

TURKEY The European Commission has proposed visa-free travel for Turkish nationals in the Schengen area. Under a European Commission proposal for visa-free travel for Turkish citizens in the Schengen area, Turks would have visa-free access to the 26 countries of the Schengen zone. This is reportedly in return for Turkey accepting back an outflow of… Read More

UNITED KINGDOM Several developments have been announced. Immigration Act 2016 Enacted The Immigration Bill has completed its passage through Parliament. The bill received Royal Assent on May 12, 2016, and was published on May 17, 2016, as the Immigration Act 2016. The bill creates a number of new criminal offenses of which both individuals and… Read More

Between 2009 and 2014, nearly one million Mexican nationals (including their U.S.-born children) left the United States for Mexico of their own accord. That number is higher than the number of legal Mexican migrants who came to the United States. This increased tendency for repatriation from Mexico to the United States began to take shape… Read More

FRANCE France has announced a state of urgency due to the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, prolonging border control measures. In other news, businesses convicted of illegal labor may be blacklisted. State of Urgency Until End of February Following the terrorist attacks in Paris of November 13-14, 2015, the French parliament has voted to maintain… Read More