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Extra Police Sent To Christmas Island

Extra police sent to Christmas Island By Simon Cullen and Alexandra Kirk The ABC News (Australia), April 10, 2010 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/09/2869137.htm Extra Federal Police have been sent to Christmas Island to deal with any fallout from the Government's decision to change … Continue reading

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Kevin Rudd Shuts Refugee Door

Kevin Rudd shuts refugee door Matthew Franklin and Paige Taylor From: The Australian April 10, 2010 12:00AM KEVIN Rudd has frozen asylum applications from Afghans and Sri Lankans after receiving advice that people-smugglers were preparing to launch a new wave … Continue reading

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Migrants Being Denied By Australia, Says Amnesty

Migrants being denied by Australia says Amnesty Baltimore News Net, April 10, 2010 http://www.baltimorenews.net/story/622323 Amnesty International has condemned Australia's government for suspending the processing of new asylum claims by Afghan and Sri Lankan nationals. The rights group has said the … Continue reading

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Canada Begins Special Visa Program For Mexican Business Travellers

Canada begins special visa program for Mexican business travellers Could the visa war be over? Canwest News Service April 10, 2010 Almost a year after finding itself in a spat with Mexico over visas, Canada has set up a special … Continue reading

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22 People Make Refugee Claims After Vancouver Olympics

22 people make refugee claims after Vancouver Olympics By Terri Theodore (CP) April 10, 2010 VANCOUVER, B.C. Twenty-two people who came to Vancouver during the 2010 Olympics have made refugee claims in Canada, seven of them members of the “Olympic … Continue reading

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Opposition Signals It Is All At Sea On Immigration

Opposition signals it is all at sea on immigration By Katharine Murphy and Andrew Heasley The Age (Melbourne), April 9, 2010 http://www.theage.com.au/national/opposition-signals-it-is-all-at-sea-on-immigration-20100408-rv3w.html He has been spruiking the idea for days, but opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison now admits cutting the … Continue reading

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People Smuggling Out Of Control, UN Official Says

People smuggling 'out of control, UN official says The Australian Associated Press, April 9, 2010 http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/people-smuggling-out-of-control-un-official-says/story-e6frf7l6-1225851628293 Governments need new solutions to deal with 'out of control'' people-smuggling as thousands of asylum seekers try to reach Australia via Indonesia, a top … Continue reading

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Duceppe May Find A Changed Canada

Duceppe may find a changed Canada Gilles Duceppe: He implies that Canada is a marriage of convenience Travelling the country two decades after the death of Meech Lake, the Bloc Leader should listen carefully Norman Spector The Globe and Mail … Continue reading

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Australia Halts Processing On Some Asylum Requests

Australia Halts Processing On Some Asylum Requests By Rachel Pannett The Wall Street Journal, April 9, 2010 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304198004575172793035491442.html?KEYWORDS=immigration+OR+immigrant+OR+Migrant Canberra — Australia's government said Friday it will immediately suspend processing of any new asylum-seeker applications from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, in … Continue reading

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Immigration Rallies Spark Fears Of Violence

Immigration rallies spark fears of violence The Melbourne Leader, April 8, 2010 http://melbourne-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/rally/ An estimated 400 pro- and anti-immigration supporters will square off in the CBD tomorrow amid fears of violence. The anti-immigration rally, organised by the Melbourne Action against … Continue reading

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Australia Becoming Breeding Ground For Tamil Rebels

Australia becoming 'breeding ground' for Tamil rebels By Sally Sara The ABC News (Australia), April 8, 2010 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/08/2866838.htm?section=justin The Sri Lankan government says Australia could become a breeding ground for Tamil separatism if more Tamil asylum seekers are allowed into … Continue reading

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Australians Wary Of 36 M Population Target

Australians wary of 36m population target By Sabra Lane The ABC News (Australia), April 8, 2010 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/08/2866842.htm?section=justin A survey by the Lowy Institute says almost three-quarters of Australians want to see the country's population grow, but not by too much. … Continue reading

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Tony Burke Rules Out Setting Population Targets For Australia

Tony Burke rules out setting population targets for Australia By Joe Kelly The Australian, April 8, 2010 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/tony-burke-rules-out-setting-population-targets-for-australia/story-e6frgczf-1225851470399 The nation's first Population Minister, Tony Burke, has ruled out setting population targets in the strategy that he will draw up over … Continue reading

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Tamils Face Return In UN Review

Tamils face return in UN review By Paul Maley The Australian, April 9, 2010 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/tamils-face-return-in-un-review/story-e6frg6n6-1225851588026 Hundreds of Tamil asylum-seekers could be sent home if new UN guidelines reflect Sri Lanka's improved humanitarian situation. Yesterday, Sri Lanka's ambassador to Australia, Senaka … Continue reading

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Labour’s Betrayal Of British Workers : Nearly Every One of 1.67 Million Jobs Created Since 1997 Has Gone To A Foreigner

Labour's betrayal of British workers: Nearly every one of 1.67m jobs created since 1997 has gone to a foreigner By James Chapman The Daily Mail (U.K.), April 8, 2010 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/election/article-1264333/GENERAL-ELECTION-2010-Under-Labour-nearly-UK-jobs-taken-foreigners.html Immigration was at the centre of the election campaign today … Continue reading

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In California, Immigrants Are Past Their Prime

In California, immigrants are past their prime By Andy Goldberg Deutsche Presse Agentur, April 7, 2010 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/317416,in-california-immigrants-are-past-their-prime–feature.html Los Angeles (DPA) — Driven by recession and demographic trends, immigration in California has peaked, and native-born Californians now outnumber people from other … Continue reading

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GOP Candidates Take Tough Position On Illegal Immigration

GOP candidates take tough positions on illegal immigration By Jack Chang The Sacramento Bee, April 7, 2010 http://www.sacbee.com/2010/04/07/2660503/gop-candidates-take-tough-positions.html Meg Whitman had just finished delivering her campaign stump speech for an El Dorado Hills audience several months ago when she asked … Continue reading

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Immigration Issue Heats Up In Congress

Immigration issue heats up in Congress By Kevin Tripp The KTAR News (Phoenix), April 7, 2010 http://ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=1281557 Phoenix — The battle on the U.S.-Mexico border has spread to the halls of Congress. In the wake of a southern Arizona rancher's … Continue reading

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Extra Fees Upheld For Refugees To Stay In U.S.

Extra fees upheld for refugees to stay in U.S. By Bob Egelko The San Francisco Chronicle, April 7, 2010 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/07/BABC1CQM95.DTL&type=politics A federal judge in San Francisco had been considering refunds for hundreds of thousands of Central Americans, who were charged … Continue reading

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Ruling May Mean Stay In Deportation Cases

Ruling may mean stay in deportation cases By Andrew Wolfe The Nashua Telegraph (NH), April 7, 2010 http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/697183-196/ruling-may-mean-stay-in-deportation-cases.html?i=1 A U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week overturned a long-standing legal precedent in New Hampshire and could prompt immigrants facing deportation due … Continue reading

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