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It's nothing short of a Bollywood love story. India's Zubair Khan and Bangladesh's Shazia Zarin met on Facebook, fell in love, she fled from home, they got married and are expecting a child. Now the girl's millionaire businessman father is seeking her deportation, and the desperate couple is pleading with President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to intervene.

Indian and other non-European migrants could find themselves doubly disadvantaged in the recession if immigration proposals currently before parliament end up wrongly targeting legal migrants, the British government has been told.

Canada is offering various options for Indian businessmen and capital investors willing to migrate there as permanent residents, an immigration consultancy said here Monday.

India Thursday declared as "invalid" the standalone paper visas given by the Chinese embassy and consulates for Indians from Jammu and Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh, and issued a travel advisory asking those going to China to ensure their visas are pasted on their passports.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, besieged by immigration issues six months ahead of elections, Thursday whittled down a list of jobs that are open to highly-skilled migrants, declaring: "Immigration will fall."

Almost four million Italians are living abroad, according to a new report released Thursday.

Even as the Indian government announced it was investigating the issue of a visa by the Indian consul general in Chicago to terrorism suspect Tahawwur Rana, a senior diplomat here has denied that any procedure was violated.

British Premier Gordon Brown Thursday praised Virendra Sharma, fellow-Labour MP for the Indian-dominated area of Southall, saying Sharma epitomised the best in immigrant contributions to Britain.

Britain's Labour government Thursday proposed a new rule under which people seeking to migrate to Britain will either be given "permission" or not - a proposal that would do away with five existing approval categories if passed.

Gone are the days when an MBA or a beautician's course in any Australian educational institution would have fetched a dream job for Indians. Now, technical trade courses like plumbing, carpentry or masonry are what could help an Indian earn a permanent residency (PR) Down Under.