Monthly Archives: June 2009

Australia To Screen Sri Lankan People For Tigers

Australia to screen Lankan boat people for Tigers The Daily Mirror Sri Lanka June 30, 2009 FEARS that ex-Tamil fighters may be passing themselves off as refugees will lead to the latest boatload of unauthorised arrivals – believed to be … Continue reading

Posted in Australian and Others, News

Warning On Wave Of Boat People

Warning on wave of boat people Tom Allard in Kuala Lumpur and Yuko Narushima The Sydney Morning Herald June 30, 2009 INDONESIAN authorities are bracing for a huge influx of boat people, anticipating as many as 10,000 asylum-seekers are waiting … Continue reading

Posted in Australian and Others, News

Rudd Pledges ‘Hard line’ Approach On Refugees

Rudd pledges 'hardline' approach on refugees By Amy Coopes Agence France Presse June 30, 2009 SYDNEY (AFP) Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Wednesday pledged a “hardline” approach on illegal immigrants following reports that thousands of refugees were headed for … Continue reading

Posted in Australian and Others, News

EU To Help Turkey Face Up To Illegal Migration : Barrot

EU to help Turkey face up to illegal migration: Barrot Agence France Presse 30 June 2009, 16:47 CET (ATHENS) – The European Commission will financially assist Turkey to stop a growing flow of illegal immigration crossing into the bloc through … Continue reading

Posted in European, News

Scottish MP’s Send Home A Ticking-Off On Immigration

Scottish MPs send home a ticking-off on immigration By Ian Swanson Edinburgh Evening News Published Date: 30 June 2009 A COMMITTEE of MPs today risked sparking a major row between Westminster and Holyrood when it objected to a Scottish quango's … Continue reading

Posted in British, News

Probe Fingers 1800 American Apparel Workers

Probe fingers 1,800 American Apparel workers By Alexandria Sage Reuters, June 30, 2009 http://www.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUSN3047258520090630 San Francisco (Reuters) — A U.S. federal probe has found that about a third of American Apparel's (APP.A) factory workers in the Los Angeles area had … Continue reading

Posted in American, News

U.S. Immigration Reform To Be Put To Senate

US immigration reform to be put to Senate By Mark Hennessy The Irish Times (Dublin), June 30, 2009 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0630/breaking40.htm Major immigration reform in the United States will be put to the US Senate before the summer, a leading US Congresswoman … Continue reading

Posted in American, News

Council Votes For Two Muslim School Holidays

Council Votes for Two Muslim School Holidays By Kirk Semple The New York Times, June 30, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/nyregion/01muslim.html?hp Spurred by a broad coalition of religious, labor and immigrant groups, the City Council overwhelmingly passed a resolution on Tuesday to add … Continue reading

Posted in American, News

Boat People Need A Deterrent : Opposition

Boat people need a deterrent: opposition Simon Jenkins The Sydney Morning Herald June 29, 2009 The federal opposition has used the arrival of another boatload of asylum seekers and the interception of five others in Malaysia to back their case … Continue reading

Posted in Australian and Others, News

Australia Warns Boat People Heading To Its Shores

Australia Warns Boat People Heading to Its Shores By Phil Mercer Sydney Voice of America 29 June 2009 Australia has intercepted a boat carrying almost 200 illegal migrants and is warning of a surge in displaced people heading to its … Continue reading

Posted in Australian and Others, News

Government Puts Refugee Services Under Spotlight

Government puts refugee services under spotlight ABC NEWS Posted Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:48am AEST Updated Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:46am AEST The Government says it will begin extensive community consultations today to improve services for refugee settlement. The consultation … Continue reading

Posted in Australian and Others, News

Foreign Aid Boost Can Stem Human Tide : Report

Foreign aid boost can stem human tide: report By Meredith Griffiths for PM ABC NEWS Posted Mon Jun 29, 2009 8:44pm AEST Audio: Government told to help neighbours if it wants to stop illegal migration (PM) Nearly 200 people from … Continue reading

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Man Given Job Of Closing Down Bogus Colleges Was Sacked By University

Man given job of closing bogus colleges was sacked by university Andrew Norfolk From The Times June 29, 2009 A company awarded an important role in the Governments attempt to shut down hundreds of bogus colleges is run by a … Continue reading

Posted in British, News

Harper Government Barring Door To U.S. War Deserters

Harper government barring door to U.S. war deserters By Norma Greenaway Canwest News Service June 29, 2009 OTTAWA Jason Kenney's most memorable assault on U.S. war deserters seeking refuge in Canada occurred soon after he became immigration minister in October … Continue reading

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Lawyers Slam EU Skills Ruling

Lawyers slam EU skills ruling Kate Walsh From The Sunday Times June 28, 2009 A GROUP of the Citys largest law firms are up in arms over government changes to employment law that prevents them hiring talent from outside the … Continue reading

Posted in British, News

Gordon Brown’s Council House Plan Stirs Migrant Debate

Gordon Brown's council house plan stirs migrant debate 'Local' people to be given priority for social housing Policy sets out rights from education to policing Allegra Stratton Political Correspondent guardian.co.uk Sunday 28 June 2009 22.37 BST Local people are to … Continue reading

Posted in British, News

New Private Sector Jobs Taken By Foreign Workers

New private sector jobs taken by foreign workers, research suggests The increase in immigrant workers coming to Britain has accounted for nearly every new job created by companies since Labour came to power, research suggests. By Richard Savill Telegraph.co.uk Published: … Continue reading

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Agencies Clash On Military’s Border Role

Agencies Clash on Military's Border Role At Issue: Which One Directs Troops in Anti-Drug Mission By Spencer S. Hsu The Washington Post, June 28, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/27/AR2009062700956_pf.html A proposal to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to counter drug … Continue reading

Posted in American, News

Anti-Illegal-Migrant Bills Advance

Anti-illegal-migrant bills advance Pearce taking lead in new round of reforms By Elisabeth Arriero The Arizona Republic (Phoenix), June 28, 2009 http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/azelections/articles/2009/06/28/20090628pearce0628.html Two years after engineering the nation's toughest employer-sanctions law, state Sen. Russell Pearce has taken the lead in … Continue reading

Posted in American, News

House Restores Funding To Jail Illegal Immigrants

House restores funding to jail illegal immigrants By David Sherfinski The Washington Examiner (DC), June 28, 2009 http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/House-restores-funding-to-jail-illegal-immigrants-49392102.html The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to restore $400 million in funding for state and local jails to incarcerate criminal illegal … Continue reading

Posted in American, News