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Feds To Help Immigrants Adapt To Workforce

Feds to help immigrants adapt to workforce By ELIZABETH THOMPSON, Parliamentary Bureau The Toronto Sun Last Updated: February 18, 2010 7:04pm OTTAWA—-Getting a job when you get to Canada is about to get easier for more immigrants, says Citizenship and … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Refugees Staying Put In Problem Spots

Refugees staying put in problem spots The Local (Sweden), February 17, 2010 http://www.thelocal.se/25056/20100217/ A Swedish government project focused on enticing refugees to leave problem-ridden areas in Sweden's big cities has failed to achieve its goals. After two years, just 286 … Continue reading

Posted in European, News

VANOC Won’t Change Closing Ceremony Despite Complaints From Ethnic Groups

Vanoc won't change closing ceremony despite complaints from ethnic groups By RANDY SHORE, Vancouver Sun February 17, 2010 Vancouver Olympic CEO John Furlong will not make changes to the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games despite complaints from leaders … Continue reading

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Visible Minorities Seek Representation In Closing Ceremony

Visible minorities seek representation in closing ceremony Opening ceremony failed to reflect Canada's ethnic diversity and immigrant history, critics say, hoping for more when Games end Feb. 28 By Randy Shore, Vancouver Sun February 17, 2010 Canada's ethnic diversity and … Continue reading

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Anti-Immigration MP Pauline Hanson Plans A Move Of Her Own—To Britain

Anti-immigration MP Pauline Hanson plans a move of her own to Britain By Sophie Tedmanson The Times (London), February 16, 2010 Australias most controversial politician has said she plans to move to Britain after selling her house in rural Queensland. … Continue reading

Posted in Australian and Others, News

International Students Attracted To Study In Australia For Residency : Survey

International students attracted to study in Australia for residency: survey Visa Bureau, February 16, 2010 http://www.visabureau.com/australia/news/16-02-2010/international-students-attracted-to-study-in-australia-for-residency-survey.aspx A survey has found a quarter of international students study in Australia in the hope of gaining Australian residency. The online survey of more … Continue reading

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Student Migration Rules May Be Toughened

Student migration rules may be toughened By Guy Healy The Australian, February 16, 2010 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/student-migration-rules-may-be-toughened/story-e6frgcjx-1225831094057 Migration-driven overseas students graduating from Australian universities and colleges may find it even tougher to win migration under more official changes flagged today. The new … Continue reading

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Dirty Work—– In-Sourcing American Jobs With H-2B Guestworkers

Dirty Work In-Sourcing American Jobs with H-2B Guestworkers Center For Immigration Studies Contact: Bryan Griffith, (202) 466-8185, press@cis.org February 16, 2010 WASHINGTON (February 16, 2010) Few economists would assert that America has a shortage of unskilled labor. Yet every year, … Continue reading

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N.B. Immigrants Hit With $75K Deposit

N.B. immigrants hit with $75K deposit CBC News Last Updated: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 | 7:27 AM AT Comments 38 Recommend 29 The New Brunswick government is demanding that immigrant entrepreneurs pay a $75,000 deposit when they arrive as a … Continue reading

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Global Asylum Claims Drop As Australia’s Rises

Global asylum claims drop as Australia's rises B. Glenn Milne The Australian, February 15, 2010 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/global-asylum-claims-drop-as-australias-rises/story-e6frgczf-1225830262276 Kevin Rudd's claim that the spike in asylum-seekers arriving illegally in Australia is a shared global problem due to international 'push' factors has been … Continue reading

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Sikh Will Be First Non-White In Far Right BNP

Sikh will be first non-white in far-right BNP Agence France Presse, February 15, 2010 http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gVQPGvHMiy7IqUAJp6N98xUBr2Yg London (AFP) — An Indian-born Sikh pensioner is hoping to become the first non-white member of the far-right British National Party (BNP) because he wants … Continue reading

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Province Shuts Down Niagara Chef School

Province shuts down Niagara chef school Ministry, border patrol raid site after students from India say they were used as `cheap labour' Dale Brazao Staff Reporter TheStar.com Published On Mon Feb 15 2010 NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ONT. –They came halfway around the … Continue reading

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Dark-Skinned Immigrants Urged To Take Vitamin D

Dark-skinned immigrants urged to take vitamin D The CBC News February 15, 2010 http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/02/12/ottawa-immigrants-vitamin-d.html Immigrants who come to Canada from sunnier parts of the world are at risk of health problems caused by a lack of vitamin D unless they … Continue reading

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CBC Manager Of Diversity: "Vancouver Is Part Of Asia"

CBC MANAGER OF DIVERSITY : “VANCOUVER IS PART OF ASIA” If some Canadians thought that UBC History Professor Henry Yu was an oddity in cheer-leading the Asian immigration tsunami and in heaping contempt upon Canada’s majority population, they have to … Continue reading

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Lesbos Villa Called Freedom Where Migrants Wait In Search Of Haven

Lesbos villa called Freedom where migrants wait in search for haven The Times (London), February 13, 2010 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7025732.ece Aziz did not pause to admire the view. Nobody does on Skala Sykaminias beach even though the view across the strait to … Continue reading

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Immigration : A Plan To Alter The Nation’s Soul

Immigration: a plan to alter the nation's soul The government's policy of mass immigration was intended to remodel the social fabric of the nation, says Janet Daley By Janet Daley Telegraph.co.uk Published: 9:00PM GMT 13 Feb 2010 Comments 286 So … Continue reading

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48 More Suspected Asylum-Seekers Nabbed

48 more suspected asylum-seekers nabbed The Australian From: NewsCore February 12, 2010 9:57PM A BOAT-load of almost 50 suspected asylum seekers has been intercepted on its way to Australia. Border Protection Authorities intercepted the boat carrying 48 passengers and two … Continue reading

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Flag Cebate: Migrants Want Change To An Ensign For All Cultures

Flag debate: Migrants want change to an ensign for all cultures By Lincoln Tan The New Zealand Herald 4:00 AM Friday Feb 12, 2010 Nearly half of a sample of immigrants spoken to by the Herald want the New Zealand … Continue reading

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Union Takes On Labor Over ‘Cheap’ Foreign Workers

Union takes on Labor over 'cheap' foreign workers MALCOLM KNOX The Sydney Morning Herald February 12, 2010 ONE of Australia's most powerful trade unions has set itself on a collision course with the Rudd government, backing a campaign against it … Continue reading

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Nuking The Economy (By Paul Craig Roberts in Counterpunch)

February 11-12, 2006: Nuking The Economy (By Paul Craig Roberts in Counterpunch) CounterPunch Weekend Edition, February 11-12, 2006 Forget Iran, Americans Should be Hysterical About This. Nuking the Economy By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS Last week the Bureau of Labor Statistics … Continue reading

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