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X Factor Reject Gama Nhengu And Family To Appeal Against Deportation

X Factor reject Gamu Nhengu and family to appeal against deportation The lawyer representing X Factor reject Gamu Nhengu and her family has announced that she will appeal against plans to deport them. Press Association Published: 6:30AM BST 08 Oct … Continue reading

Australia Resumes Push For Regional Immigration Centre

Australia renews push for regional immigration centre (AFP) October 8, 2010 SYDNEY—-Australia will urge Indonesia, Malaysia and East Timor to back its proposal for a regional centre to process asylum-seekers during talks next week, Immigration Minister Chris Bowen said Friday. … Continue reading

Asylum Surge Picks Up The Pace

Asylum surge picks up the pace Paul Maley From: The Australian October 09, 2010 12:00AM TWO asylum boats, one towing the other, have been stopped north of Christmas Island in a hectic 24 hours for border protection. In a sign … Continue reading

A Few Frank Words About Immigration

A few frank words about immigration Margaret Wente From Thursday's Globe and Mail Published Thursday, Oct. 07, 2010 5:30AM EDT Last updated Thursday, Oct. 07, 2010 8:03AM EDT Of all the issues of concern to the future of Toronto, theres … Continue reading

Migrants Found In A Container In Montreal

Migrants found in a container in Montreal By QMI Agency Last Updated: October 7, 2010 10:51am MONTREAL—RCMP and border police were at the port of Montreal Thursday morning, where nine migrants were found in a shipping container. The migrants were … Continue reading

Asylum Seeker Died In Detention In Cambridgeshire

Asylum seeker died in detention in Cambridgeshire BBC NEWS 7 October 2010 Last updated at 16:40 ET A 39-year-old asylum seeker who died at a detention centre in Cambridgeshire was refused medicine shortly before his death, an inquest has heard. … Continue reading

Amnesty Slams Advice On Afghanistan

Amnesty slams advice on Afghanistan Karlis Salna AAP October 7, 2010 A leading human rights group has slammed the advice being used by Labor to reject Afghan asylum seekers, warning security in Afghanistan is now at its worst in a … Continue reading

Overseas Students Value Our Degrees

Overseas students value our degrees Andrew Trounson and Guy Healy From: The Australian October 06, 2010 12:00AM INTERNATIONAL students still have a high regard for Australian qualifications despite assaults, dodgy colleges and an immigration crackdown. A survey commissioned by international … Continue reading

Minister Reviewing Family Deportation

Minister reviewing family deportation By DIANE JOYCE – The Dominion Post Last updated 05:00 06/10/2010 A deportation decision that could see three young Hawke's Bay children left in New Zealand while their parents are sent back to India is being … Continue reading

139,000 Immigrants Beat The Jobs Crunch : But Number Of Britons In Work Drops By 654,000

139,000 immigrants beat the jobs crunch: But number of Britons in work drops by 654,000 By Steve Doughty Mailonline Last updated at 7:26 PM on 5th October 2010 Migrant workers have continued to flow into the country during the recession … Continue reading

Year’s 100th Boat Stopped

Year's 100th boat stopped Yuko Narushima The Age October 5, 2010 THE 100th boat of asylum seekers to reach Australia this year was intercepted off Christmas Island yesterday, carrying 71 asylum seekers. The opposition said the government continued to founder … Continue reading

Immigrant Leaders Call For Talks After Violence In Australian City

Immigrant Leaders Call for Talks After Violence in Australian City Phil Mercer VOA NEWS Sydney 05 October 2010 Police in South Australia are blaming tensions within the African immigrant community for a wild brawl in Adelaide. Immigrant leaders are calling … Continue reading

The Great Divide Widens Between Rich and Poor

The great divide widens between rich and poor One million live in neighborhoods that are going down in socioeconomic status Marianne Takacs Staff Reporter Thestar.com Published On Tue Oct 05 2010 While many in Toronto have been surprised by the … Continue reading

Canada Wants Crackdown On Indian Immigration Consultant

Canada wants crackdown on Indian immigration consultant By Ricky Westhead The Star, October 4, 2010 http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/870053–canada-wants-crackdown-on-scamming-indian-immigration-consultant Sandeep Ohri is a dashing 42-year-old who revels in zipping through the traffic chaos in his gleaming Mercedes, passing billboards touting him as the … Continue reading

Elite Unit Hunts Immigration Offenders

Elite unit hunts immigration offenders The Toronto Sun, October 4, 2010 http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/10/03/15566956.html Three dangerous immigration offenders are being rounded up each week in the Toronto-area by a heavily-armed joint-forces Immigration Task Force headed by the RCMP. The elite unit was … Continue reading

Canada : Hard To Deport Criminal Migrants

Canada: Hard to deport criminal migrants TORONTO, Oct. 4 (UPI) — Canada is home to dozens of foreign criminals who may never be deported because their own countries won't take them back, officials said. An Iranian held in a Canadian … Continue reading

Colleges Protest Over Visa ‘Misunderstanding’

Colleges protest over visa 'misunderstanding' College principals say immigration minister's remark about visas reveals lack of insight into further education Louise Tickle guardian.co.uk, Monday 4 October 2010 16.30 BST Recent blunt comments by the immigration minister, Damian Green, that international … Continue reading

Double-Deportee Jailed For Immigration Violation

Double-deportee jailed for immigration violation By Jane Seyd North Shore News October 3, 2010 A failed refugee claimant who hopped on a cruise ship and returned to Canada after he was deported has been jailed for six months by a … Continue reading

Ottawa Gets Cracking On Marriage Fraud

Ottawa Gets Cracking On Marriage Fraud By R. Paul Dhillon The Link October 2, 2010 Among the measures being considered by the federal immigration department is a conditional visa where the sponsored spouse has to pass a probationary period to … Continue reading

Canadian Defence Chief Pulls Imam’s Speech

Canadian defense chief pulls imam's speech (AFP) October 2, 2010 OTTAWA—-Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay has canceled a planned speech by the head of the Canadian Islamic Congress over charges the group holds extremist views, prompting an angry response. The … Continue reading