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Nicolas Sarkozy Condemns Rioters ‘Yobocracy’

Nicolas Sarkozay condemns rioters 'yobocracy' AFP 30 November 2007 PARIS – President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed on Thursday to track down the “yobs and traffickers” he accused of fomenting unrest in the high-immigration suburbs of Paris. In a prime-time television interview, … Continue reading

Posted in European, News

60 Police Injured As Riots Rock Paris

60 police injured as riots rock Paris By Henry Samuel in Paris and Richard Holt Last Updated: 2:39am GMT 29/11/2007 President Nicolas Sarkozy of France is facing his first serious test of his law and order credentials after a second … Continue reading

Posted in European, News

Trial Opens In France Of Alleged People Smugglers

Trial opens in France of alleged people smugglers Expatica News 29 November 2007 PARIS – French prosecutors requested Wednesday jail sentences ranging from one to eight years against 25 suspected members of a vast immigration smuggling ring, in a Paris … Continue reading

Posted in European, News

Immigration Checks ‘Are Working’

Immigration checks 'are working' Drivers found carrying stowaways face hefty fines BBC News Thursday, 29 November 2007, 18:42 GMT [] British Immigration officials based in France are stopping people entering Kent illegally, according to the border control agency. The comments … Continue reading

Posted in British, News

Legal, Illegal Immigrant Numbers At Record Highs (CIS)

Legal, Illegal Immigrant Numbers at Record Highs New Report Looks at Poverty, Welfare, Health Insurance WASHINGTON (November 29, 2007) A new report by the Center for Immigration Studies examines the size, growth, and characteristics of the nation's immigrant, or foreign-born, … Continue reading

Posted in American, News

Foreign Workers Exploited, Says Alberta Federation Of Labour

Foreign workers exploited says Alberta Federation of Labour Keith Gerein, edmontonjournal.com November 29, 2007 EDMONTON – The increasing use of foreign workers to address the province's labour demands has been accompanied by increased exploitation that has now reached an “overwhelming” … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Federal Court Strikes Down Third-Country Refugee Agreement

Federal court strikes down third-country refugee agreement Judge argues that U.S. don't meet refugee protection requirements Elizabeth Thompson, CanWest News Service Thursday, November 29, 2007 OTTAWA — The Federal Court of Canada has struck down an agreement that barred thousands … Continue reading

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11 Indicted On Human Smuggling Charges

11 indicted on human smuggling charges By Megan Woolhouse Boston Globe Staff November 29, 2007 Law enforcement officials in Vermont yesterday revealed 11 people had been indicted or arrested for their alleged involvement in two human smuggling rings that illegally … Continue reading

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Alleged Human Smugglers Arrested By The RCMP In Two Separate Cases

Alleged Human Smugglers Arrested by the RCMP in Two Separate Cases Canadian News Centre news.gc.ca MONTRAL, Thursday, November 29, 2007 The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and its partners arrested alleged human smugglers operating in two separate organizations with no apparent … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Bulgarians, Poles, Romanians Flock To NL

Bulgarians, Poles, Romanians flock to NL 28 November 2007 RIJSWIJK Almost 13,000 Bulgarians, Poles and Romanians settled in the Netherlands in the first nine months of this year. That is almost twice as many as in the same period in … Continue reading

Posted in European, News

New French Riots Speak Volumes

New French riots speak volumes (PHOTO: Hundreds of youths pay tribute in Villiers le Bel, France today to the two teenagers who died when their motorcycle crashed into a police car on November 25, 2007.) Two nights of youth violence … Continue reading

Posted in European, News

Relative Calm In Riot-Hit French Suburb

Relative Calm in Riot-Hit French Suburb By Kerstin Gehmlich Reuters Wednesday, November 28, 2007; 6:21 PM VILLIERS LE BEL, France – Hundreds of French riot police deployed on Wednesday night in the tense Paris suburb where the death of two … Continue reading

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Hospital Staff Develop Cultural Understanding

Hospital staff develop cultural understanding Issued by Charlotte Farrar charlotte.farrar@midyorks.nhs.uk 28 November 2007 Nurses and other staff at Dewsbury and District Hospital are taking part in a training course to develop their cultural understanding as part of The Mid Yorkshire … Continue reading

Posted in British, News

Le Paris Flambe

Le Paris flamb Once more Nicolas Sarkozy has faced rioting in the French suburbs Nov 29th 2007 | PARIS From The Economist print edition TWO years ago, it took three weeks and a state of emergency to end the riots … Continue reading

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Bogus OECS (Organization Of Eastern Caribbean States) Refugees In Canada

Bogus OECS refugees in Canada Do OECS nationals fit the refugee profile in Canada? BBC News November 27, 2007 Immigration officials in Canada are concerned about the number of OECS ( Organization of Eastern Caribbean States) nationals applying for refugee … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

We’re Afraid To Say No: Teachers

We're Afraid To Say No: Teachers Want rules for health, schools. Officials fear ostracism if requests are turned down JEFF HEINRICH, The Gazette Published: Tuesday, November 27 Quebec schools and health-care institutions are afraid of being sued or condemned in … Continue reading

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Immigrants Would Be Easier To Absorb In A Sovereign Quebec

BOUCHARD-TAYLOR COMMISSION Immigrants would be easier to absorb in a sovereign Quebec, commission hears INGRID PERITZ The Globe and Mail November 27, 2007 MONTREAL — Quebeckers need more immigrants to survive, but only sovereignty will give them the security they … Continue reading

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Illegal P.N.G. (Papua New Guinea) Immigrants To Be Deported

Illegal PNG immigrants to be deported The Age November 28, 2007 – 7:29AM Papua New Guineans living illegally on some of Australia's most remote territory will be flushed out by federal officers targeting the Torres Strait. Torres Strait community leaders … Continue reading

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7771 Bogus Weddings Stopped (Belgium)

7,771 bogus weddings stopped Expatica News 26 November 2007 BRUSSELS – The number of bogus marriages that were prevented from going through by local authorities across Belgium will have risen by some 70 percent by the end of this year. … Continue reading

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Iraqis Get A Chilly Welcome As Refugees In Denmark

Iraqis get a chilly welcome as refugees in Denmark By Ivar Ekman Published: November 26, 2007 EBELTOFT, Denmark: Despite the bite in the air, the true winter cold has yet to arrive in this serene seaside town on the east … Continue reading

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