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Kenney: 160 Haitians Received Permanent Resident Status

Kenney: 160 Haitians received permanent resident visas By ELIZABETH THOMPSON, Parliamentary Bureau The Toronto Sun Last Updated: March 16, 2010 7:37pm OTTAWA—-While thousands of Haitians are applying to come to Canada in the wake of Januarys devastating earthquake, only 160 … Continue reading

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Opposition, Greens Call For Study Of Population Targets

Opposition backs call for population inquiry The ABC News (Australia), March 15, 2010 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/15/2845475.htm?section=justin The Federal Opposition is supporting a call by the Greens for an independent national inquiry into Australia's population target. The population is projected to reach 36 … Continue reading

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Sudden Influx of Child Refugees

Sudden influx of child refugees The Copenhagen Post Monday, 15 March 2010 15:55 RC News The number of unaccompanied refugee children arriving in Denmark is at an all-time high, according to the Danish Red Cross, which claims it is having … Continue reading

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Far-Right National Front Performs Well In French Regional Elections

Far-Right National Front performs well in French regional elections France's far-Right National Front (FN) has re-emerged on the French political scene after enjoying a surprisingly strong showing in regional elections on Sunday. By Henry Samuel in Paris Telegraph.co.uk Published: 12:09PM … Continue reading

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Liberal Europeans Grow Uneasy With Muslim Minority

Liberal Europeans grow uneasy with Muslim minority Arizona Daily Star Posted: Monday, March 15, 2010 12:00 am | Comments LONDON – With the West locked in conflicts across the Muslim world, why would anyone throw fuel on the fire? A … Continue reading

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Recruiting Chinese Students : A Work In Progress

Recruiting Chinese students: A work in progress More than 60 Canadian high schools, colleges and universities were represented over the weekend at the Beijing leg of the China International Education Exhibition Tour. Its a market worth millions of dollars, and … Continue reading

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Alberta Leads In Lost Jobs

Alberta leads in lost jobs By Bill Mah Edmontonjournal.com March 13, 2010 8:49 AM EDMONTON—-Alberta was the only province that lost a significant number of jobs in February, but Employment and Immigration Minister Thomas Lukaszuk says many Canadians still view … Continue reading

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Labour Figures Suggest Long Road To Recovery

Labour figures suggest long road to recovery By Mario Toneguzzi Calgary Herald March 13, 2010 8:37 AM There was a glimmer of hope for Calgary job seekers Friday as Statistics Canada released its national labour force survey. In the Calgary … Continue reading

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National Drive For Underground Refugees

National Drive for Underground Refugees SR International—Radio Sweden 12/03/2010 This weekend will see a country-wide drive to help Iraqi refugees write new applications for residence permits to prevent them from being deported. The campaign will concentrate on people who come … Continue reading

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Don’t Raise Your Family In Britain, Say Expats

Don't raise your family in Britain, say expats: UK voted worst place in developed world to bring up children By Lucy Ballinger Daily Mail Last updated at 8:50 AM on 12th March 2010 Comments (395) Britain is the worst country … Continue reading

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Senators Give Obama A Bipartisan Plan On Immigration

Senators give Obama a bipartisan plan on immigration The president is encouraged, but healthcare politics could jeopardize the proposal. By Peter Nicholas The Los Angeles Times, March 12, 2010 http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-immigration12-2010mar12,0,5784564.story A pair of influential senators presented President Obama with a … Continue reading

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Canadian Immigration Makes Language Rules ‘Fairer’

Canadian Immigration makes language rules 'fairer' By Liam Clifford Global Visas, March 12, 2010 http://www.globalvisas.com/news/canadian_immigration_makes_language_rules__fairer_2171.html Jason Kenney, the Canadian immigration minister, has announced a new streamlined language assessment process for Canada visa applicants. The new rules will apply to people … Continue reading

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No Longer The Great White North

No longer the great white north By Leonard Stern The Ottawa Citizen March 12, 2010 Comments (13) This week Statistics Canada confirmed what every Canadian has long recognized: The country is becoming less white. Just writing that sentence seems risqu. … Continue reading

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Family Of Slaying Victim Denied Immigration

Family of slaying victim denied immigration By RENATO GANDIA Calgary Sun Last Updated: March 12, 2010 8:46am Arcelie Laoagans dream of a better life for her family in Canada may have been killed when she was murdered two years ago. … Continue reading

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No More Money For Immigrant Job Program

No more money for immigrant job program By Karena Walter The Welland Tribune (Canada), March 12, 2010 http://www.wellandtribune.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2489128 An employment program in St. Catharines that helps fast-track skilled newcomers into professional jobs has not received government funding to continue. 'It's … Continue reading

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The Hubbub Over Halal: Burgers For Muslims Raise Ire In France

The hubbub over halal: burgers for Muslims raise ire in France By : dpa Category : Europe (World) Posted : Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:08:09 GMT Paris – Anyone who craves a real hamburger probably wouldn't switch willingly to turkey … Continue reading

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Immigrants Leapfrog Natives Into Local Gov’t

Immigrants leapfrog natives into local government By John Tyler Radio Netherlands Worldwide Published on : 11 March 2010 – 9:49am Dozens of immigrant candidates pushed aside colleagues with greater seniority to get elected to Dutch local councils in last week's … Continue reading

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Immigration Courts Filled With Immigration Cases, Not Judges

Immigration courts filled with cases, not judges By Stewart Powell and Katie Brandenburg The Houston Chronicle, March 11, 2010 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6909471.html Washington, DC — The nation's immigration courts are choked by the largest backlog of pending deportation and asylum cases in … Continue reading

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Voter Registration Forms Now Available Nationally In 5 Asian Languages

Voter registration forms now available nationally in 5 Asian languages The Associated Press, March 11, 2010 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-voter-registration-languages,0,4085376.story San Francisco (AP) — Voter registration forms are available nationally in five Asian languages for the first time. The U.S. Election Assistance Commission … Continue reading

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Muslim Child Brides On Rise

Muslim child brides on rise By TOM GODFREY Toronto Sun Last Updated: March 11, 2010 10:46pm Federal immigration officials say theres little they can do to stop child brides from being sponsored into Canada by much older husbands who wed … Continue reading

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