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Flood Of Immigrants Straining Canadian Cities

Flood of immigrants straining Canadian cities Updated Tue. Dec. 4 2007 8:44 AM ET The Canadian Press TORONTO — Canada's three largest cities are struggling to cope with a flood of newcomers primarily from China, India, the Philippines and Pakistan … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

French Decline Bad News For Quebec, Group Says

French decline bad news for Quebec, group says Jason Magder, The Gazette Published: Tuesday, December 04 The latest census figures are bad news for French both within Canada and Quebec, says a French-language rights group. Jean Dorion, the president of … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

A Leader Of Jihad In Limbo In Norway ‘After His Time’

A leader of jihad in limbo in Norway 'after his time' By Ivar Ekman International Herald Tribune Published: December 3, 2007 OSLO: Mullah Krekar, once a jihadi superstar, has faded from the international limelight, but in Norway he won't go … Continue reading

Posted in European, News

Greek Interior Minister Urges EU To Take Action Against Illegal Immigration

Greek interior minister urges EU to take action against illegal immigration The Associated Press Published: December 3, 2007 NICOSIA, Cyprus: The European Union must help protect its southeastern borders in Greece and Cyprus from the influx of illegal migrants, Greece's … Continue reading

Posted in European, News

An Idyllic Greek Island Becomes The New Frontier For African Migrants

An idyllic Greek island becomes the new frontier for African migrants Hazardous journeys end in small but perilous voyage from Turkey to Samos Helena Smith in Samos Monday December 3, 2007 The Guardian For two days they huddled together in … Continue reading

Posted in European, News

Border Agents Appeal Verdict

Border agents appeal verdict By Jerry Seper and Sara A. Carter The Washington Times December 3, 2007 Attorneys for two former U.S. Border Patrol agents sentenced to lengthy prison terms for shooting a drug-smuggling suspect in the buttocks as he … Continue reading

Posted in American, News

From Stand In Long Island Slavery Case, A Snapshot Of A Hidden U.S. Problem

From Stand in Long Island Slavery Case, a Snapshot of a Hidden U.S. Problem By PAUL VITELLO Published: December 3, 2007 CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y., Nov. 30 The two tiny Indonesian women know just a handful of English words. They know … Continue reading

Posted in American, News

Indians Among Top Three Of Legal Immigrants In U.S.

Indians among top three of legal immigrants in US India Post.com Monday, 12.03.2007, 01:22am (GMT-7) WASHINGTON: India is among the top three countries sending people to the US, where one in eight comes from outside America, bringing the total immigrant … Continue reading

Posted in American, News

Spy Drone To Patrol Coast In Hunt For People Smugglers

Spy drone to patrol coast in hunt for people smugglers Christine Finn and Abul Taher From The Sunday Times December 2, 2007 POLICE and border control authorities are to use an unmanned aircraft to patrol the south coast to catch … Continue reading

Posted in British, News

600,000 Illegal Immigrants To Be Barred FRom GP Care

600,000 illegal immigrants to be barred from GP care By JAMES SLACK Daily Mail Last updated at 20:46pm on 2nd December 2007 Illegal immigrants and failed asylum seekers could be barred from receiving free GP care. The ban is part … Continue reading

Posted in British, News

Homeland Security Changes Asylum Rules

Homeland Security Changes Asylum Rules By SUZANNE GAMBOA The Associated Press Sunday, December 2, 2007; 5:02 PM WASHINGTON — More people seeking asylum in the U.S. could be detained and then jailed longer under a new Homeland Security Department policy … Continue reading

Posted in American, News

Biden Calls On Mexican Government To Provide Jobs

Biden calls on Mexican government to provide jobs By ABBY SIMONS Des Moines REGISTER STAFF WRITER December 2, 2007 Delaware Sen. Joe Biden passionately declared Sunday that the key solution to illegal immigration begins with Mexican government officials who must … Continue reading

Posted in American, News

Immigration Numbers To Be Put Under Microscope

Immigration numbers to be put under microscope Updated Sun. Dec. 2 2007 2:31 PM ET The Canadian Press TORONTO — Canada's immigrants will take the spotlight Tuesday when new census information is released showing just how many foreign-born people call … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

"Dear Regional District: Hire My Dog" + "The Wildlife’s Official Community Plan"

B.C. writer Tim Murray describes two situations: (1) The first is his Regional District's obsession with growth. Like municipalities in many areas of Canada, the Regional District of Comox Strathcona on Vancouver Island tells its taxpayers that growth will increase … Continue reading

Posted in Bulletins - 2003 to Dec 31 2010, Cultural Effects, Cultural Effects pub. before Jan 2018, Weekly

Pacific Solution To Be Abolished

Pacific Solution to be abolished Jewel Topsfield The Age December 1, 2007 THE so-called Pacific Solution, arguably the most controversial immigration law since the White Australia policy, is to be abolished. Under the policy, which was introduced following the Tampa … Continue reading

Posted in Australian and Others, News

Britons Want A Strict Limit On Migrants

BRITONS WANT A STRICT LIMIT ON MIGRANTS By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Correspondent Daily Express Saturday December 1,2007 VOTERS yesterday delivered a damning verdict on Labour's shambolic immigration policy and demanded an annual cap on migrants. About three quarters of … Continue reading

Posted in British, News

Immigrant Population Surges During President Bush Administration–Expect 15 M more By 2017

Immigrant Population Surges During Pres. Bush Admin — Expect 15M More by 2017 Think&Ask.com 1 December 2007: While President George W Bush and Congress battle for the last word on tax cuts and stake a claim on success in Iraq … Continue reading

Posted in American, News

Mine Firms Keen To Know Labor Gov’t’s Stance On Migrant Work Visas

Mine firms keen to know Labor govt's stance on migrant work visas ABC News Posted November 30, 2007 11:45:00 Mining businesses near north Queensland's Bowen Basin are eagerly awaiting the new federal government's stance on migrant work arrangements. Rapid growth … Continue reading

Posted in Australian and Others, News

McClelland May Expand Haneef Case Probe

McClelland may expand Haneef case probe Sydney Morning Herald November 30, 2007 The investigation into the deportation of Indian doctor Mohamed Haneef may be expanded, incoming attorney-general Robert McClelland says. Dr Haneef was arrested in July for recklessly supporting a … Continue reading

Posted in Australian and Others, News

Deportee Forced To Pay Maternity Debt Before Exit

Deportee forced to pay maternity debt before exit By Simon O'Rourke The New Zealand Herald 5:00AM Friday November 30, 2007 Jing Wu paid her bill after family and friends in China sent money. A judge refused to allow a Chinese … Continue reading

Posted in Australian and Others, News