Monthly Archives: September 2007

Union Chief: Immigration No Answer To Labour Shortage

Union Chief: Immigration No Answer to Labour Shortage The YLE, Finland Published 30.09.2007 The Chairman of the SAK blue collar union federation Lauri Ihalainen says immigration will not solve a threatened labour shortage in Finland. In an interview given to … Continue reading

Posted in European, News

London Calling: Why The UK Capital Lures Ever More Migrants

London calling: Why the UK capital lures ever more migrants By Michael Skapinker FT.com (Financial Times.com) Published: September 30 2007 19:51 Pascal Boris has left London for Geneva after 15 fantastic years. During that time, the Frenchman, who until recently … Continue reading

Posted in British, News

Immigration.., Immigration…, Immigration: Cameron Hoped To Ignore It, But Now It’s Back With A Vengeance

Immigration… Immigration… Immigration: Cameron hoped to ignore it. But now it's back with a vengeance Hailed by David Cameron as the face of the new, multi-ethnic Tories, the shadow community cohesion minister has reignited a debate that threatens to derail … Continue reading

Posted in British, News

Fake DVD’s "Fund" People Smuggling

Fake DVDs 'fund' people smuggling By Jon Hunt Investigative reporter, BBC News September 30, 2007 Fake DVDs sold at Kent markets are helping to fund illegal immigration and people smuggling. A BBC South East undercover team worked for a year … Continue reading

Posted in British, News

American Unions And Their About-Face On Immigration

AMERICAN UNIONS AND THEIR ABOUT-FACE ON IMMIGRATION The lengthy testimony of Vernon M. Briggs Jr. of Cornell University to the Subcommittee on Immigration of the U.S. House of Representatives, delivered on May 24, 2007, makes for compelling reading. It is … Continue reading

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Sacked Chinese Workers Receive Visa Lifeline

Sacked Chinese workers receive visa lifeline Matthew Moore The Sydney Morning Herald September 29, 2007 TWO Chinese workers fighting to stay in Australia to recover more than $30,000 each in unpaid wages have lodged a last-minute appeal against a decision … Continue reading

Posted in Australian and Others, News

Submission To The Bouchard-Taylor Commission

Submission to Bouchard-Taylor Commission By Martin Collacott Note: In the following commentary and recommendations I refer to both Canadian society in general and Quebec society in particular. I do this because I consider that the challenge of determining what is … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Woman Charged With Human Smuggling In Quebec

Woman charged with human smuggling in Quebec CTV.ca News Staff Updated Sat. Sep. 29 2007 9:28 PM ET A U.S. refugee worker has been charged with human smuggling in Quebec, after she allegedly tried to help 12 asylum-seeking Haitians enter … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Family Reunification Scheme Abused (The Netherlands)

Family reunification scheme abused Expatica News 28 September 2007 AMSTERDAM An unknown number of Turks and Moroccans brought more than eight “partners” to the Netherlands between 1977 and 2006 under the family reunification scheme. The Telegraaf reports this on Friday … Continue reading

Posted in European, News

Analysis: Labour Has Lost Control Of Borders

Analysis: Labour has lost control of borders By Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor The Telegraph Last Updated: 7:29am BST 28/09/2007 A two-page report from the Office for National Statistics yesterday illustrated graphically how Labour lost control of immigration. Immigration estimates … Continue reading

Posted in British, News

Day Promises ‘Consequences’ For Illegal Refugees

Day promises 'consequences' for illegal refugees CTV.ca News Staff Updated Fri. Sep. 28 2007 11:19 PM ET Canada's Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day says there will be “consequences” for any illegal refugees who try to enter Canada without proper documentation. … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Foreign Doctor Doubts

Foreign-doctor doubts Mark Metherell and Phillip Hudson The Sydney Morning Herald September 27, 2007 THE Minister for Immigration, Kevin Andrews, says the public cannot be confident about the screening procedures for overseas-trained doctors. Mr Andrews is expected today to call … Continue reading

Posted in Australian and Others, News

Australia Admits To Deporting Papuans

Australia admits to deporting Papuans The Age (Melbourne) September 27, 2007 – 12:30PM Australia broke international law and endangered the lives of five Papuan asylum seekers by secretly sending the men back to Papua New Guinea, refugee advocates say. In … Continue reading

Posted in Australian and Others, News

French Riot Squad To Halt Cherbourg Migrants

French riot squad to halt Cherbourg migrants By Peter Allen in Cherbourg The Telegraph Last Updated: 2:30am BST 27/09/2007 French riot police have begun a “war” in the port of Cherbourg against hundreds of migrants trying to enter Britain illegally … Continue reading

Posted in European, News

Albayrak Criticises Predecessor Verdonk

Albayrak criticises predecessor Verdonk Expatica News 27 September 2007 THE HAGUE State secretary for justice Nebahat Albayrak voiced criticism on Wednesday of Rita Verdonk, her predecessor on the asylum dossier. Under Verdonk's charge fewer aliens left shelters than had been … Continue reading

Posted in European, News

Asylum Seekers ‘Enter UK In Tony Blair’s Car’

Asylum seekers 'enter UK in Tony Blair's car' By John Steele, Crime Correspondent The Telegraph Last Updated: 2:51pm BST 27/09/2007 Four asylum seekers trying to sneak into Britain in a container lorry were astonished when they got out of the … Continue reading

Posted in British, News

Stop Bogus Refugees Before They Get In

James Bissett: Stop bogus refugees before they get in Canadians must be asking themselves why our government seems powerless to stop the thousands of Mexican refugee claimants who are pouring across the U.S. border. Few, if any, are genuine refugees. … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

French Senate Commission Shoots Down Amendent On DNA Tests For Immigrants

French Senate commission shoots down amendment on DNA tests for immigrants Live-PR AP 26.09.2007 16:33:24 (live-PR.com) – PARIS (AP) – A French Senate commission shot down Wednesday an amendment to an immigration bill that would have requested DNA samples from … Continue reading

Posted in European, News

1500 Refused Amnesty So Far (The Netherlands)

1,500 refused amnesty so far 26 September 2007 Expatica News THE HAGUE More than 1,500 asylum seekers who have exhausted the procedure have been informed since mid June that they are not eligible for amnesty, the Volkskrant reports. They do … Continue reading

Posted in European, News

Online Attack On Citizenship Test (Australia)

Online attack on citizenship test The Age (Melbourne) September 25, 2007 – 11:59AM A five-minute video that mocks the new Australian citizenship test has been posted on the internet by Australian Democrats leader Lyn Allison. The YouTube video picks holes … Continue reading

Posted in Australian and Others, News