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Dutch Muslims Fear Impact Of Far-Right Vote

Dutch Muslims fear impact of far-right vote Agence Presse France, June 3, 2010 http://www.expatica.com/nl/news/dutch-news/dutch-muslims-fear-impact-of-far-right-vote_73199.html Muslims reeling from an apparent surge of anti-Islam sentiment fear next week's Dutch election will fuel mutual suspicion and pit neighbour against neighbour. It was in … Continue reading

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Another Frenchwoman Fined For Driving Wearing Niqab

Another Frenchwoman fined for driving wearing niqab Agence France Press, June 3, 2010 http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/french-news/another-frenchwoman-fined-for-driving-wearing-niqab_73402.html French police fined a woman for driving while wearing an Islamic veil, just weeks after a similar incident sparked a major political row, officials said Thursday. … Continue reading

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Vatican Official Prods U.S. On Immigration Reform

Vatican official prods US on immigration reform CatholicCulture.org, June 3, 2010 http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=6538 In a lengthy address delivered in Washington on June 2, Archbishop Antonio Maria Vegli, president of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, … Continue reading

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Immigration Law To Be Made Grandmother-Proof By Autumn

Immigration Law to be Made Grandmother-Proof by Autumn By Janne Huuskonen The Helsinki Times, June 3, 2010 http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/htimes/domestic-news/general/11297-immigration-law-to-be-made-grandmother-proof-by-autumn-.html According to an aide to the Minister of Immigration, proper scrutiny of reform proposals will take time. The law may be made … Continue reading

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Camp Migrants Returning Home

Camp Migrants Returning Home By Kristen Beacock Peterborough Today, June 3, 2010 http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/camp_migrants_returning_home_1_646318 Homeless migrants in Peterborough are abandoning their squalid makeshift camps in significant numbers to return home. The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has revealed that since launching its … Continue reading

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New Points System Let In More Foreign Workers, Not Fewer

New points system let in more foreign workers not fewer Tens of thousands of extra migrants have been allowed into Britain under a supposed tough new points system introduced by the Labour government. By Tom Whitehead, The Telegraph (U.K.), June … Continue reading

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Arizona Governor, Obama Face Off

Arizona governor, Obama face off Scant progress on immigration By Stephen Dinan The Washington Times, June 3, 2010 http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/3/arizona-governor-obama-face-off/ Inside the Oval Office on Thursday, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer went head-to-head with President Obama as she demanded he take more … Continue reading

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Failed Iraq asylum seekers screened for forced deportation

Failed Iraq asylum seekers screened for forced deportation Iraqi officials undertaking procedure in UK despite UN opposing forced returns to Baghdad By Owen Bowcott The Guardian (U.K.), June 3, 2010 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/03/iraq-asylum-seekers-forced-deportation Iraqi officials are screening failed Iraqi asylum seekers in … Continue reading

Posted in British, News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Man Who Caused Grounding Of Transatlantic Flight Faces Loss Of U.S Residency

Man who caused grounding of transatlantic flight faces loss of U.S. residency Abdirahman Ali Gaal will be sent back to his native Somalia on immigration technicalities By Colin Freeze The Globe and Mail, June 2, 2010 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/man-who-caused-grounding-of-transatlantic-flight-faces-loss-of-us-residency/article1589796/ The man whose … Continue reading

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Liberal Backlash To Refugee Reforms Prompts Ignatieff’s Rethink

Liberal backlash to refugee reforms prompts Ignatieff rethink By Joan Bryden The Canadian Press, June 2, 2010 http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/liberal-backlash-to-refugee-reforms-prompts-ignatie ff-rethink–95457254.html OTTAWA – An angry backlash from Liberal MPs has forced Michael Ignatieff to back off his party's apparent support for proposed … Continue reading

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Tories, Liberals Seek Consensus On Revamped Refugee System

Tories, Liberals seek consensus on revamped refugee system If consensus holds, changes to determination process could become law within a month By John Ibbitson The Globe and Mail (Toronto), June 1, 2010 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tories-liberals-seek-consensus-on-revamped-refugee-system/article1588787/ Ottawa A major overhaul of Canadas sclerotic … Continue reading

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Green Inc,—How The Environmental Cause Went Bad

This bulletin is a review of Christine MacDonald's “Green, Inc. : An Environmental Insider Reveals How A Good Cause Has Gone Bad”. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ GREEN, INC.—-HOW THE ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSE WENT BAD Environmental insider Christine MacDonald has a clear message in her … Continue reading

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Faisal Shahzad Times Square Bomb Plot Suspect Aftab Khan Ordered Deported To Pakistan

Faisal Shahzad Times Square bomb plot suspect Aftab Khan ordered deported to Pakistan BY Samuel Goldsmith The New York Daily News, May 28 2010 http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_national/2010/05/28/2010-05-28_faisal_shahzad_times_square_bomb_plot_suspect_aftab_khan_ ordered_deported_to_pak.html A man arrested in Massachusetts during the probe into the failed Times Square car … Continue reading

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U.S. Deports 31 Men To Iraq, Lebanon, Cape Verde, 4 of ‘National Security Interest’

US deports 31 men to Iraq, Lebanon, Cape Verde; 4 of 'national security interest' By Suzanne Gamboa The Associated Press, May 28, 2010 http://www.metronews.ca/toronto/world/article/537293–us-deports-31-men-to-iraq-lebanon-cape-verde-4-of-national-security-interest WASHINGTON – Four men of 'national security interest' were among 31 people recently deported from the … Continue reading

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California College Offers Scholarship To Illegal Immigrants

Calif. College Offers Scholarship to Illegal Immigrants By Jana Winter FOXNews.com, May 28, 2010 http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/28/calif-college-offers-scholarship-to-illegals/ A public community college in California has set up a scholarship fund for immigrant students including illegal immigrants. The $2,500 scholarship has sparked anger by … Continue reading

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Paul Opposes Citizenship For Babies Of Illegals

Paul opposes citizenship for babies of illegals By Roger Alford The Associated Press, May 28, 2010 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_KENTUCKY_SENATE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2010-05-28-12-14-48 FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul is stirring it up again, this time by saying he opposes citizenship for children … Continue reading

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DOJ Officials Met In Phoenix With Arizona AG

DOJ officials met in Phoenix with Arizona AG By Pete Yost The Associated Press, May 28, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/28/AR2010052803649.html WASHINGTON — Justice Department officials told the Arizona attorney general and aides to the governor in face-to-face meetings Friday in Phoenix that … Continue reading

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Goddard Tells Justice Department He Will Defend Arizona Immigration Law

Goddard tells Justice Dept. he will defend Ariz. immigration law By Casey Newton The Arizona Republic, May 28, 2010 http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/azelections/articles/2010/05/28/20100528arizona-immigration-law-justice-department-lawsuit.html Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard said he asked U.S. Justice Department officials not to sue the state to block the … Continue reading

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Indian Visa Uproar Prompts Canada To Launch Immigration-Policy Review

Indian visa uproar prompts Canada to launch immigration-policy review Kenney apologizes, saying Canadian officials should never have disparaged Indias institutions Graeme Smith and Campbell Clark Patiala, India and Ottawa From Saturday's Globe and Mail Published on Friday, May. 28, 2010 … Continue reading

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Massachusetts Senate Passes Crackdown On Illegal Immigrants

Mass. Senate passes crackdown on illegal immigrants By Noah Bierman and Maria Sacchetti The Boston Globe, May 27, 2010 http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/05/mass_senate _pas.html With one lawmaker citing President Lincoln's respect for the rule of law, the Massachusetts Senate passed a far-reaching crackdown … Continue reading

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