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Australian Population To Hit 21 Million

Australian population to hit 21 million By Stephen Spencer Political Editor Macquarie National News Tuesday, 05 June 2007 | Updated: 12:55 Australia's population will top 21,000,000 later this month, as the baby boom and soaring immigration show no sign of … Continue reading

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Are Faroes A New Gateway For Illegal Immigrants To Be Trafficked Into Scotland?

Are Faroes a new gateway for illegal migrants to be trafficked into Scotland? MICHAEL HOWIE (mhowie@scotsman.com) June 4, 2007 Investigation into possible immigration route via Faroes Faroes self-governing territory of Denmark with required passport check Ten illegal immigrants arrested after … Continue reading

Posted in British, News

Home Is A Garden Shed For Immigrant Workers

Home is a garden shed for immigrant workers By Nick Britten The Telegraph Last Updated: 12:39am BST 03/06/2007 Audio: Don't stifle the debate So many migrant workers are entering Britain that they are being housed in garden sheds. Brick-built sheds … Continue reading

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More Britons Look For A Better Life Down Under

More Britons look for a better life Down Under By Ben Leapman, Home Affairs Correspondent The Telegraph Last Updated: 12:01am BST 03/06/2007 They've got the Ashes, a beach lifestyle, and prawns sizzling on the barbie. We've got crime, high house … Continue reading

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PM Wants To Ban Entry To People With HIV

PM wants to ban entry to people with HIV Ben Doherty The Age (Melbourne) June 2, 2007 HIV-POSITIVE people should be banned from entering Australia, Prime Minister John Howard said yesterday, ignoring the advice of his health and immigration ministers … Continue reading

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Anti-Corruption Reporter Targeted In PNG

Anti-corruption reporter targeted in PNG The Age (Melbourne) June 1, 2007 – 5:44PM A journalist who penned reports accusing high-ranking PNG government officials of corruption has narrowly escaped a gang who invaded her home armed with a hand grenade, guns … Continue reading

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500 Visa Worker "Abuse Cases" Probed

500 visa worker 'abuse cases' probed The Sydney Morning Herald June 1, 2007 – 2:24PM Five hundred cases of the alleged exploitation of temporary visa workers have been investigated by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIaC) in the past … Continue reading

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Politicians Spark New Zealand Immigration Row

Politicians spark NZ immigration row The Kiwi Labour government refute suggestions by the National Party that New Zealanders are being replaced by immigrants, as rhetoric increases before the 2008 elections. The Homes Worldwide, June 1, 2007 Labour's Immigration Minister, David … Continue reading

Posted in Australian and Others, News

Africans Using PNG (Papua New Guinea) To Get To Australia

Africans 'using PNG' to get to Australia June 1, 2007 – 4:34PM Three African men detained in Papua New Guinea after illegally crossing the border from Indonesia's Papua Province have told police they were on their way to seek asylum … Continue reading

Posted in Australian and Others, News

A Tale Of Two Nations

A TALE OF TWO NATIONS Two nations, Canada and Australia, are like siblings. Yet their very similarity only serves to highlight an important difference. Since European settlement, Australia and Canada have shared a common self-image: that of a vast, empty … Continue reading

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Watch On HIV Migrants

Watch on HIV migrants Annabel Stafford, Canberra May 31, 2007 HIV-POSITIVE migrants will have to report to health authorities within a month of arriving in Australia or risk having their visas cancelled, the immigration and health ministers have advised Prime … Continue reading

Posted in Australian and Others, News

War Is Coming To Tucson

http://azbiz.com/lionel_waxman/ Lionel Waxman Inside Tucson Business May 31, 2007 War is coming to Tucson You are not going to like what I have to say today. But it must be said, out loud. People are whispering about it now, but … Continue reading

Posted in American, News

Just 16% Believe Senate Bill Will Reduce Illegal Immigration

Just 16% Believe Senate Bill Will Reduce Illegal Immigration Wednesday, May 30, 2007 www rasmussenreports.com Rasmussen Reports Theres a simple reason the immigration bill being debated by the U.S. Senate is unpopular with votersthe general public doesnt believe it will … Continue reading

Posted in American, News

Without Merit: Why Have Skills-Based Immigration At All?

Without Merit Why have skills-based immigration at all? By Mark Krikorian National Review Online, May 31, 2007 http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YzhjOTdhM2UzY2Q3NjUxN2EzM2NkMmIwNjJkZWMxYjk= Among the concessions that Jon Kyl supposedly extracted from Ted Kennedy in exchange for immediate, permanent amnesty for all illegal aliens was … Continue reading

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No Problem With Nauru Contracts

No problem with Nauru contracts: Burke The Age (Melbourne) May 29, 2007 – 7:29AM Federal Labor has refused to criticise the NSW government for profiting from the provision of health and building services to asylum seekers held on Nauru. Despite … Continue reading

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Citizenship Applicants Need 60% To Pass

Citizenship applicants need 60% to pass The Age (Melbourne) May 29, 2007 – 8:44PM Applicants for Australian citizenship would need to score at least 60 per cent to pass an exam under legislation being introduced in federal parliament on Wednesday. … Continue reading

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Migrants Shut Out Of Rich Sydney Suburbs

Migrants shut out of rich Sydney suburbs The Age (Melbourne) May 29, 2007 – 1:40PM Sydney's poorer western suburbs are absorbing far more refugees and humanitarian migrants than the city's wealthier locales, figures show. Statistics provided by Immigration Minister Kevin … Continue reading

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1000 Men Living Legally With Multiple Wives Despite Fears Over Exploitation

1,000 men living legally with multiple wives despite fears over exploitation Dominic Kennedy From The Times May 28, 2007 Polygamous marriage is flourishing as the Government admits for the first time that nearly a thousand men are living legally with … Continue reading

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Tories Would Raise Foreign Spouse Age Limit

Tories would raise foreign spouse age limit By Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor The Telegraph Last Updated: 12:32am BST 27/05/2007 The Tories would raise the age for non-EU foreign brides and grooms coming to the UK from 18 to 21, … Continue reading

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Rush For Citizenship To Beat Tougher Test

Rush for citizenship to beat tougher test Simon Mann The Age (Melbourne) May 26, 2007 PLANS for a tougher citizenship test have prompted a surge in applications from people trying to beat its introduction, likely to be in September. Citizenship … Continue reading

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