India's urban unemployment soared during the Covid-19 pandemic, reaching a high of 20.9% in the April-June 2020 quarter, while wages fell.

Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail says his ministry is now trying to collect information on refugees, such as their gender, age and country of origin.

LinkedIn has grown revenue each quarter during the last year, but it joins other major technology companies including its parent in laying off workers amid a weakening global economic outlook.

The federal Labor government says the current system used to select skilled migrants - the points test - will be modified to identify people with the correct skill sets the Australian economy needs going forward.

The company is expected to cut 'several thousand' jobs in layoffs.

According to 2011 figures, the latest available, India's then population of 1.21 billion people included 456 million internal migrants.

They say there is no way they can cover their monthly expenses without taking on another job.

The fast-food chain had said that it would review corporate staffing levels as part of an updated business strategy, which could lead to layoffs in some areas and expansion in others.

Several major divisions of the company – Disney Entertainment, Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, and corporate – are expected to be impacted.

The law, which revises more than 70 other laws, has been praised by foreign investors for streamlining business rules, but also criticised by labour and green groups as being too pro-business.

With the second announcement, the California-based company will have rid itself of roughly 25% of its workforce in just four months.

The shortage of qualified workers is not unique to Britain but it has been exacerbated by the country's exit from the European Union, which creates more paperwork and cost to hire workers from the bloc.