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NZ Diplomat Faces Fiji Expulsion In Sanctions Dispute

NZ diplo faces Fiji expulsion in sanctions dispute The Associated Press Published: December 16, 2008 WELLINGTON, New Zealand: New Zealand refused Tuesday to grant a visa to the son of a Fijian official a move likely to push the military … Continue reading

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Hairdressing Cut May Leave Colleges Stranded

Hairdressing cut may leave colleges stranded Sushi Das The Age December 11, 2008 HAIRDRESSING and cookery are expected to be removed from the list of occupational skills in short supply in Australia a move that would affect migration rules and … Continue reading

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Indonesia Agrees To Extradition

Indonesia agrees to extradition Tom Allard, Bali The Age December 11, 2008 (PHOTO: Good for the sole: Kevin Rudd presents Indonesian President Susilo Bambang with a pair of R.M. Williams boots. Photo: Glen McCurtayne) AN ALLEGED head of a people-smuggling … Continue reading

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Homeless World Cup Players Claim Asylum

Homeless World Cup players claim asylum Fifteen players in the Homeless World Cup football tournament have sought asylum in Australia. Telegraph.co.uk Last Updated: 3:33PM GMT 11 Dec 2008 The Australian Department of Immigration confirmed that squad members from Afghanistan and … Continue reading

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Indonesian, Australian Leaders To Discuss People Smuggling : Ministry

Indonesian, Australian leaders to discuss people smuggling: ministry The Channel News Asia December 10, 2008 JAKARTA (AFP) Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will discuss the fight against people smuggling during talks in Bali on … Continue reading

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Pressure To Open Detention Centre

Pressure to open detention centre Yuko Narushima The Sydney Morning Herald December 9, 2008 PRESSURE is mounting on the Federal Government to open the doors to a $400 million detention centre on Christmas Island built by the previous government but … Continue reading

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Australia Defends New Refugee Laws

Australia defends new refugee laws The Associated Press Published: December 9, 2008 CANBERRA, Australia: Australia's government defended itself Tuesday against criticism that relaxing refugee laws earlier this year has made the country a softer target for people smugglers. The opposition … Continue reading

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Schools Suffer As Visa Influx Grows

Schools suffer as visa influx grows The West.com.au 9th December 2008, 6:00 WST The number of children in State schools with poor English skills whose parents are on foreign work visas has almost doubled in the past year, sparking further … Continue reading

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Immigration Scam Set Up Fake Job Offers

Immigration scam set up fake job offers By Alanah May Eriksen New Zealand Herald 4:00AM Monday Dec 08, 2008 A victim of an elaborate immigration scam has told how he paid $9000 to two men he thought were recruitment officers … Continue reading

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Pressure On Rudd As More Boat People Caught Off WA

Pressure on Rudd as more boat people caught off WA TheWest.com.au 8th December 2008, 6:30 WST The seizure of the biggest boatload of suspected asylum seekers this year near Broome yesterday has forced the Rudd Government to boost border security … Continue reading

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Indonesian Man Charged With People Smuggling

Indonesian man charged with people smuggling ABC NEWS Posted Mon Dec 8, 2008 2:24pm AEDT Updated Mon Dec 8, 2008 2:38pm AEDT Map: Perth 6000 Australian Federal Police have charged a 31-year-old Indonesian man with people smuggling. The man, known … Continue reading

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Afghan War To Blame For Refugee ‘Spike’: Advocate

Afghan war to blame for refugee 'spike': advocate ABC NEWS Posted Mon Dec 8, 2008 3:37pm AEDT Updated Mon Dec 8, 2008 3:51pm AEDT In the last three months six boats, carrying a total of 127 refugees, have been intercepted … Continue reading

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Navy Boosts Border Patrols

Navy boosts border patrols Sarah Smiles, Canberra The Age December 8, 2008 The sixth boat-load of asylum seekers to arrive in two months is taken to Christmas Island. Photo: Jon Faulkner AN ADDITIONAL navy patrol boat and aircraft will be … Continue reading

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Asylum Seekers Spike ‘Not Gov’t’s Fault ‘

Asylum seekers spike 'not Govt's fault' ABC NEWS Posted Mon Dec 8, 2008 6:30pm AEDT Updated Mon Dec 8, 2008 8:19pm AEDT In the last three months six boats have been intercepted in Australian waters. (User Submitted: Michael Neist) An … Continue reading

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Howard’s Migrant Test To Be Dumped

Howard's migrant test to be dumped Nicola Berkovic The Australian November 22, 2008 THE Rudd Government will dump John Howard's citizenship test for migrants and replace it with a new, simpler test based on Australia's democratic values rather than obscure … Continue reading

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New Test Line-Up And The Don Is Out

New test line-up and The Don is out Sarah Smiles, Canberra The Age November 22, 2008 THE citizenship test will be overhauled by the Federal Government to make it less difficult for refugees and disadvantaged migrants. Applicants will no longer … Continue reading

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Fewer Brits Moving Down Under : Survey

Fewer Brits moving Down Under: survey Sydney Morning Herald November 20, 2008 – 9:05AM The number of British migrants moving Down Under has dropped, but Australia still remains the destination of choice for those leaving the UK, a new survey … Continue reading

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Fruit Pickers And Information On Pacific Islander Workers Thin On Ground

Fruit Pickers And Information On Pacific Islander Workers Thin On Ground Paul Maley The Australian November 20, 2008 FRUIT growers are frustrated that almost four months after a scheme to bring more than 2500 Pacific Island guest workers to work … Continue reading

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Visa Worker Deaths Double In A Year

Visa worker deaths double in a year Yuko Narushima Sydney Morning Herald November 18, 2008 MORE migrants working on 457 visas have died since Labor won the federal election than in more than three years under the previous government, Immigration … Continue reading

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Moves To Overhaul 457 Visa Scheme

Moves to overhaul 457 visa scheme Yuko Narushima The Sydney Morning Herald November 14, 2008 AUSTRALIA should pay temporary skilled migrants market rates and name companies employing 20 or more such workers on a website, an independent review of the … Continue reading

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