Аргентина продаватиме громадянство заможним іноземцям: скільки коштуватиме "золотий паспорт" Аргентина запускає програму громадянства за інвестиції для заможних іноземців. Отримати аргентинський паспорт можна буде за безповоротний внесок від 350 тисяч доларів або інвестицію 800 тисяч доларів у державні облігації. Про запуск програми громадянства за інвестиції 2 жовтня оголосив міністр економіки Аргентини Луїс Капуто під час заходу для інвесторів у Парижі. Приймати заявки планують у четвертому кварталі 2026 року. Для заявників передбачили два варіанти. Перший — безповоротний внесок у державну скарбницю в розмірі 350 тисяч доларів. Другий — придбання спеціальних державних облігацій на 800 тисяч доларів. За даними AP, такі облігації необхідно буде утримувати протягом семи років. До програми також зможуть долучитися члени родини основного заявника. Подружжя та неодружені діти віком від 18 до 25 років без власних дітей зможуть отримати громадянство за внесок у 100 тисяч доларів, а діти до 18 років — за 25 тисяч доларів. Таким чином, для родини з двох дорослих і двох неповнолітніх дітей загальна сума становитиме 500 тисяч доларів. Аргентинська влада заявляє, що заявників перевірятимуть відповідно до вимог фінансової прозорості, протидії відмиванню грошей та фінансуванню тероризму. Рішення про надання громадянства ухвалюватимуть після перевірки можливих ризиків для національної безпеки. За оцінкою консорціуму інвестиційних компаній, які консультують уряд, програма може залучити до 2,5 мільярда доларів. AP зазначає, що Аргентина шукає додаткові джерела валютних надходжень напередодні близько 25 мільярдів доларів виплат за зовнішнім боргом у 2027 році. Аргентина стане першою країною Південної Америки з програмою громадянства за інвестиції. За словами Капуто, аргентинський паспорт дозволяє подорожувати без попереднього оформлення візи більш ніж до 140 країн. Джерело

Japan's Sanae Takaichi announces new tightened measures for foreigners seeking permanent residency The measures come as the country’s conservative leader Sanae Takaichi looks to deliver on election promises, which were spearheaded by vast immigration reforms, in her historic supermajority election victory in February. Japan toughened requirements for foreigners wanting to obtain permanent residency on Thursday, as part of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's push to tighten immigration controls. Under new rules that will come into effect in stages, foreign residents wishing to stay in Japan permanently will have to prove their annual income is above average and they can carry casual conversations in Japanese. Application fees will also rise 20-fold from Thursday. At one immigration office in central Tokyo, hundreds of people queued, hoping to wrap up procedures before the price spike. "I understand that over-accepting foreigners might dilute Japan's unique culture. But at the same time, given its low birth rate and aging population, Japan has to accept foreigners," said US-born university student Yujie Chono, who was among those waiting. The 22-year-old told the AFP news agency, in fluent Japanese, that he had been waiting for five hours to file his paperwork. Previous guidelines did not lay out specific thresholds for income, pension or language skills. Even though Japan has a rapidly ageing population and is suffering labour shortages in many sectors, opposition to immigration is growing, prompting a push by Takaichi for tighter regulations on foreign nationals. "As the number of foreign residents in Japan increases, the government is facing the fact that some citizens feel anxiety and a sense of unfairness," Takaichi said in an extended post on X on Sunday, adding that she was pushing for "orderly coexistence" with foreign nationals. Programmes to attract international workers have fuelled public worry, anti-immigration sentiment has spread across social media and false claims have circulated widely, including that a significant portion of welfare payments in Japan goes to foreigners, and that they are making Japanese streets less safe. Experts and many business leaders warn however that Japan must welcome more foreign workers to sustain itself. "Japan should stop viewing foreigners merely as a temporary labour force and instead promote their long-term settlement by expanding Japanese-language education and improving their treatment," the Nikkei business daily said in a recent editorial. Foreigners were a major issue in last year's upper house election which saw the sharp rise of the "Japanese-first" Sanseito party, which describes immigration as a "silent invasion". The new rules for permanent residency come after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party last year pushed to tighten regulations for business manager visas, meaning entrepreneurs will be forced to leave Japan if they don't meet the new conditions. Thursday's changes may prevent some people from applying for permanent residency but should not immediately push anyone out of the country. Under the regulations, the application fee for permanent residency will soar to 200,000 yen (€1,116) from the current 10,000 yen (€56). Candidates must also show "understanding" of social rules and demonstrate expected pension benefits equivalent to someone who has paid pension insurance for 30 years. Джерело

UK ends 'one in, one out' migrant returns deal with France Only about 4% of small-boat arrivals were sent back under the year-long pilot, which cost an average of €65,500 per return, as Paris pushes for an EU-wide replacement. The UK's Home Office said on Wednesday that its year-old deal with France to return migrants crossing the Channel on small boats had ended. "The government's pilot with France to remove asylum seekers in exchange for an equal number of legal migrants is no longer processing new cases," the Home Office said, confirming the end of the so-called "one in, one out" deal, which was launched in August last year and was due to expire on Thursday. The scheme, known as Operation Hillmore, was part of efforts by London and Paris to tackle illegal migration across the English Channel. Under the arrangement, Britain could return to France some migrants who arrived illegally by small boat and were judged to have no right to remain in the UK. In exchange, Britain accepted an equal number of asylum seekers from France considered likely to qualify for protection, with priority given to vulnerable nationalities and people with family or other links to the UK. The two countries agreed in June to extend the pilot until 1 October. The most recent Home Office figures show that 1,087 people were returned to France between 4 August 2025 and 30 June 2026, while 1,117 were transferred to the UK under the scheme. Over the same period, 27,920 migrants arrived in the UK on small boats, meaning only about 4% of arrivals were sent back. That was one of the clearest signs of the programme's limited impact, despite government claims that it would deter people-smuggling gangs. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood told MPs on 15 September that it cost the UK taxpayer an average of about £56,000 (€65,500) per migrant to return them. Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who succeeded Keir Starmer in July, said that Brexit had made stopping small boats harder because the UK no longer had the same level of cooperation with the EU. He declined to set a date for ending the crossings, but told the BBC he and Mahmood would not stop until they had cracked down on "every element of this criminal, illegal activity". Burnham has said his government is "changing the whole approach" to small boats, pairing tougher enforcement with safe legal routes for asylum seekers, which he argues would take away the smuggling gangs' main selling point. France's interior minister Laurent Nuñez told lawmakers in June that France wanted a more European approach to illegal migration. He also argued that France should not have to bear sole responsibility for policing an EU external border, blaming weak controls in countries of first entry and onward movement within the Schengen area. Migrants trying to reach Britain pay smugglers thousands of euros for places on overcrowded inflatable boats to cross one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. Research has also shown a sharp rise this year in small boats setting off from Belgium, as smuggling networks look for new launch points. Overall, some 197,000 people have crossed the Channel in small boats since the route emerged as a major migration pathway. Джерело  

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