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New Zealand’s Immigration Growth Slows A Second Month

New Zealands Immigration Growth Slows a Second Month By Tracy Withers Bloomberg News, April 22, 2010 http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-22/new-zealand-annual-immigration-fell-a-second-month-in-march.html New Zealands annual immigration growth slowed for a second straight month in March, adding to signs of a weak economic recovery. The number … Continue reading

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Lindsey Graham : Immigration Would Kill Climate Bill

Lindsey Graham: Immigration would kill climate bill By Marin Cogan The Politico (Washington, DC), April 22, 2010 http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/36220.html A top Senate negotiator on climate change believes that a sudden turn by Senate Democrats to immigration could 'destroy' any hope of … Continue reading

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Supreme Court To Decide Immigrant Sponsor Costs

Supreme Court to decide immigrant sponsor costs By Janice Tibbetts The Canwest News Service, April 22, 2010 http://www2.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/news/story.html?id=2938380 Ottawa — The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to settle a case involving eight immigrants who are on the hook for … Continue reading

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Authorities Probe New Asylum Seeker Arrivals

Authorities probe new asylum seeker arrivals By Yuko Narushima The Age (Melbourne) April 21, 2010 http://www.theage.com.au/national/authorities-probe-new-asylum-seeker-arrivals-20100421-srz5.html Immigration authorities are investigating claims that as many as 18 asylum seekers, including families, who fled the boat moored at Merak in Indonesia have … Continue reading

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Young Voters Give Nick Clegg A Grilling On Immigration

Young voters give Nick Clegg a grilling on immigration Nicholas Cecil, Chief Political Correspondent London Evening Standard 21.04.10 Young voters turned on Nick Clegg today over his plans for an amnesty for illegal immigrants, and his expenses. The Liberal Democrat … Continue reading

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Judges Rap Wiki-Evidence In Immigration Cases

Judges rap Wiki-evidence in immigration cases By Colin Freeze The Globe and Mail (Canada), April 21, 2010 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/judges-rap-wiki-evidence-in-immigration-cases/article1542565/ Federal officials have quoted a questionable source in bids to kick foreigners out of Canada Wikipedia. And judges are not amused. 'Wikipedia … Continue reading

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Ex-Immigration Judge Guilty In Sex-For-Status Case

Ex-immigration judge guilty in sex-for-status case The Toronto Star (Canada), April 21, 2010 http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/crime/article/798504–ex-immigration-judge-guilty-in-sex-for-status-case?bn=1 A former immigration judge has been found guilty of trying to coerce sex from a South Korean refugee claimant in return for a favourable ruling on … Continue reading

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Ex Immigration Judge Guilty Of Breach Of Trust

Ex immigration judge guilty of breach of trust CBC News Last Updated: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 | 3:05 PM ET Comments 44 Recommend 48 A former immigration judge has been convicted in a Toronto court of trying to use his … Continue reading

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Sustainable Population Party Says Masive Cuts Needed To Australia’s Immigration Intake

Sustainable Population Party says massive cuts needed to Australia's immigration intake By Stephen Lunn The Australian, April 20, 2010 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/sustainable-population-party-says-massive-cuts-needed-to-australias-immigration-intake/story-e6frgczf-1225855709419 Grassroots concern about Australia's burgeoning population is being ignored by the 'hopelessly conflicted' major parties and needs a fresh voice … Continue reading

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Meat Processors Seek New Agreement For Migrant Labor

Meat processors seek new agreement for migrant labour The ABC News (Australia), April 20, 2010 http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201004/s2877535.htm Meat processors are attempting to negotiate a new labour agreement for 457 visas. The 457 visa enables a processor to sponsor staff from overseas … Continue reading

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Go-Ahead Given For Site C Dam

Go-ahead given for Site C dam Premier says multibillion-dollar project required to meet energy needs By Scott Simpson Canwest News Service April 20, 2010 The province has instructed B.C. Hydro to move forward with the Site C hydroelectric dam project … Continue reading

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Border Jumpers Skipping Abby

Border jumpers skipping Abby 70 caught in three months, only five in our backyard By Rafe Arnott The Abbotsford Times (Canada), April 20, 2010 http://www2.canada.com/abbotsfordtimes/news/story.html?id=395649b1-84e5-4fc6-8253-4d0b8444ef8b Abbotsford has one of the lowest incidents of cross-border jumping in the Lower Mainland, despite … Continue reading

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Sikhs’ Image Marred : Group

Sikhs' image marred: group Violent acts not a true reflection of faith, organization says Linda Nguyen Canwest News Service: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 Violent incidents at two Sikh temples this month in Brampton, Ont., along with a controversial decision over … Continue reading

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Second Generation ‘Cut-Off’ For Foreign-Born Canadians Unfair : Advocates

Second-generation 'cut-off' for foreign-born Canadians unfair: Advocates By Laura Stone The Canwest News Service, April 20, 2010 http://www.canada.com/news/Second+generation+foreign+born+Canadians+unfair+Advocates/2930828/story.html Ottawa — Laura Chatburn was born in England and lives in Toronto. She came to Canada when she was three, the daughter … Continue reading

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Immigration Tops Election Agenda For Poole Seat

Immigration tops election agenda for Poole seat BBC NEWS April 19, 2010 The Lib Dems and UKIP want tougher border controls Immigration has been highlighted as a key issue for voters in Poole, where candidates include the only BNP member … Continue reading

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Election 2010: Asian Voter Turnout ‘Set To Fall’

Election 2010: Asian voter turnout 'set to fall' By Adam Pasternicki Politics reporter, BBC Asian Network April 19, 2010 The record number of South Asian candidates standing in the 2010 election appears to be doing little to encourage members of … Continue reading

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Immigration Not To Blame For BNP Votes : Report

Immigration not to blame for BNP votes: report AFP April 19, 2010 LONDON—Areas that see high levels of immigration are not more likely to vote for the far-right British National Party (BNP), a policy think tank report said Monday. The … Continue reading

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One Third Of Ontario Courtroom Translators Fail Proficiency Tests

One third of Ontario courtroom translators fail proficiency tests Criminal Lawyers Association seeks inquiry into problem, urges province to look for possible wrongful convictions By Kirk Makin The Globe and Mail (Canada), April 19, 2010 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/one-third-of-ontario-courtroom-translators-fail-proficiency-tests/article1540053/ One out of three … Continue reading

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Foreign Families Bring Special Needs Students To B.C. Schools

Foreign families bring special needs students to B.C. schools Desperate parents fail to warn educators of child'sproblems By Janet Steffenhagen Vancouver Sun April 19, 2010 A growing number of foreign families are bringing special-needs children to Metro Vancouver so they … Continue reading

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Industrial Park Proposed For Unused But Protected Maple Ridge Farmland

Industrial park proposed for unused but protected Maple Ridge farmland Owner wants tract removed from Agricultural Land Reserve; offers to build gardens, parks and trails in exchange By Randy Shore Vancouver Sun April 18, 2010 Comments (19) The owner of … Continue reading

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