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Quebec Charged With Hiding Stats About Decline Of French In Montreal

Quebec charged with hiding stats about decline of French in Montreal Canadian Press January 24, 2008 MONTREAL – The mug's game of judging language trends in Montreal became even dicier Thursday as the Quebec government was hit with accusations it … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

PM Mulls Migration Policy To Adress Skills Shortage

PM mulls migration policy to address skills shortage Source: ABC January 23, 2008 – 7:45AM Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says he'll consider making changes to Australia's migration policy as a way of addressing the skills shortage. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd … Continue reading

Posted in Australian and Others, News

Gas Rig Workers Ripped Off: Union

Gas rig workers ripped off: union Mark Davis Political Correspondent Sydney Morning Herald January 23, 2008 SKILLED Filipino workers on a $1.6 billion gas project on the North-West Shelf are being paid less than $8 an hour, undercutting both local … Continue reading

Posted in Australian and Others, News

Canberra Takes Early Strike At Religious Cheats

Canberra takes early strike at religious visa cheats Annabel Stafford, Sydney The Age January 23, 2008 THE Federal Government has struck a deal with the Catholic Church in Sydney to discourage people from using this year's Catholic World Youth Day … Continue reading

Posted in Australian and Others, News

Minister Takes On France’s Projects

Minister Takes on France's Projects By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press January 23, 2008 VAULX-EN-VELIN, France (AP) Nothing about Fadela Amara is cut from the mold. France's junior minister for urban affairs has no high school diploma, routinely shocks the establishment … Continue reading

Posted in European, News

Dutch To Ban Burqas In Schools/Gov’t Offices

Dutch to ban burqas in schools/govt offices-media Reuters Wed 23 Jan 2008, 16:13 GMT AMSTERDAM, Jan 23 (Reuters Life!) – The Dutch government is set to impose a ban on the Muslim burqa in schools and government offices, media reported … Continue reading

Posted in European, News

Youngsters To Be ‘Blackmailed’ Into Getting Identity Cards

Youngsters to be 'blackmailed' into getting identity cards by JAMES SLACK The Daily Mail Last updated at 22:37pm on 23rd January 2008 Stealth: A leaked document reveals plans to introduce ID cards for young people Young people who want to … Continue reading

Posted in British, News

Man Indicted In Scheme To Help Finance Smugglers

Man indicted in scheme to help finance smugglers Examiner.com Jan 23, 2008 7:23 PM AP PHOENIX (Map, News) – A Scottsdale man has been indicted on 80 counts of money laundering and other crimes that officials say financed human smugglers … Continue reading

Posted in American, News

Bill Would End Tuition Break For Illegal Immigrants

Bill would end tuition break for illegal immigrants By Scott Rothschild LJWorld.com January 23, 2008 Topeka The first of what is expected to be several bills aimed at illegal immigration was introduced Tuesday. This one, by state Sen. Peggy Palmer, … Continue reading

Posted in American, News

Surge Cited In Attacks On U.S. Border Agents

Surge cited in attacks on U.S. border agents; Chertoff says Mexico helping track killers By Dave Montgomery, McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON Chicago Tribune January 23, 2008 Wednesday Chicago Final Edition Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Tuesday that the U.S. and … Continue reading

Posted in American, News

Chertoff Expects More Border Violence

Chertoff expects more border violence The Homeland Security Department is turning up the heat on criminals, he says, and an agent's death shows why fencing is needed. By Nicole Gaouette Los Angeles Times Staff Writer January 23, 2008 WASHINGTON — … Continue reading

Posted in American, News

Vietnam Agrees To The Return Of Deporteees From The U.S.

Vietnam Agrees to the Return of Deportees From the U.S. By JULIA PRESTON The New York Times Published: January 23, 2008 American immigration authorities reached an agreement on Tuesday with Vietnam that clears the way for Vietnamese immigrants under deportation … Continue reading

Posted in American, News

Rise Of Chavez Sends Venezualans To Florida

Rise of Chvez Sends Venezuelans to Florida By KIRK SEMPLE The New York Times Published: January 23, 2008 WESTON, Fla. In December 2002, Ariel Dunaevschi, then the owner of a furniture business in Caracas, Venezuela, was on vacation in New … Continue reading

Posted in American, News

Labour Urged To End Offshore Asylum Seeker Processing

Labor urged to end offshore asylum seeker processing Jewel Topsfield The Age January 22, 2008 THE Rudd Government has been attacked for refusing to abolish offshore processing of asylum seekers outside of Australian law on remote Christmas Island. Labor went … Continue reading

Posted in Australian and Others, News

Mutual Tolerance, Education Boost Needed: Austrian Migration Report

Mutual tolerance, education boost needed: Austrian migration report Posted : Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:16:03 GMT Author : DPA Vienna – Migrants in Austria needed to observe basic rights, but at the same time mutual tolerance was necessary both for … Continue reading

Posted in European, News

Analysis: Anti-Islam Film Scares The Hague

Analysis: Anti-Islam film scares The Hague By STEFAN NICOLA UPI Germany Correspondent Published: Jan. 22, 2008 at 12:59 PM BERLIN, Jan. 22 (UPI) — The Dutch government is bracing for widespread violence that could be sparked by an anti-Islam film … Continue reading

Posted in European, News

Haulage Company Boss Quits Britain After Paying 400,000 Pounds In Fines For Illegal Immigrant Stowaways

Haulage company boss quits Britain after paying 400,000 in fines for illegal immigrant stowaways Daily Mail Last updated at 19:09pm on 22nd January 2008 Fines of up to 5,000 can be imposed on those carrying immigrants into the country (File … Continue reading

Posted in British, News

Date For Mandatory ID Cards In Britain Put Back To 2012: Opposition

Date for mandatory ID cards in Britain put back to 2012: opposition Yahoo! News Tue Jan 22, 7:10 PM ET LONDON (AFP) – Britons will not be required to have ID cards until 2012, two years later than originally planned, … Continue reading

Posted in British, News

People-Smuggling Gang Jailed After Five-Year Investigation

People-smuggling gang jailed after five-year investigation Sean ONeill Crime Editor The Times January 22, 2008 A people-smuggling gang that organised the illegal immigration of thousands of Indians into Britain, the US and Canada has been smashed after a five-year investigation. … Continue reading

Posted in British, News

The Test That’s Letting In One Migrant Every Three Minutes

The test that's letting in one migrant every three minutes (and could you pass it?) By JAMES SLACK Daily Mail Last updated at 10:26am on 22nd January 2008 Every three minutes a foreigner is granted the right to become a … Continue reading

Posted in British, News