According to the minimicrosoft[1] blog comments, yes they have.
UK perspective: absolutely no chance of visas for people outwith EU if you are in a redundancy situation locally. Endof. I'm surprised this could even be happening.
Disclaimer: I live in a 50:50 city, in a predominantly Muslim neighbourhood where the 'recent immigrants' are Polish.
Not sure what you mean here. I think that Finish ex nokia workers could work in the UK/EU if they have a job offer Finland is a member of the EEA area.
