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Supportive Immigration Policies Are Shaping GCC’s Future

September 4, 2019

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In her opinion piece for Forbes, Fragomen Partner Julia-Onslow Cole discusses how supportive immigration policies are shaping the future of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states. She also looks at how countries like the UK, whose immigration system is heavily based on traditional work patterns and models of reward, can benefit by mirroring some of the changes being made in the GCC region. Read more. 

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