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Australia Faces Compensation Bill For Wrongful Detentions

Australia faces compensation bill for wrongful detentions: lawyer AFP Oct 21, 2008 SYDNEY (AFP) The Australian government may compensate as many as 191 people for wrongfully holding them in immigration detention centres, a parliamentary hearing was told Tuesday. A government … Continue reading

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Chinese Officials Recruited To Tackle Passport Fraud

Chinese officials recruited to tackle passport fraud ABC NEWS Posted Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:41am AEDT The Federal Government has that Chinese officials will be recruited in a crackdown on identify fraud and fake passports. The Government will sponsor two … Continue reading

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Peters Wants Immigration Cuts To Protect Jobs

Peters wants immigration cuts to protect jobs By Patrick Gower New Zealand Herald 4:00AM Friday Oct 17, 2008 NZ First leader Winston Peters has predictably played the immigration card, saying numbers should be cut to protect Kiwi jobs during tough … Continue reading

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PM Woos Voters At Mosque

PM woos voters at mosque By NATALIE AKOORIE and The Dominion Post Waikato Times Friday, 17 October 2008 Prime Minister Helen Clark has used a visit to a Hamilton mosque to rail against a call from Winston Peters to cap … Continue reading

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Migration Not Helping Skills Shortage

Migration Not Helping Skills Shortage Guy Healy The Australian October 16, 2008 THE Immigration Department has admitted tertiary enrolments are failing to meet state and territory demands for graduates in mining, construction and nursing, despite an overhaul of the skilled … Continue reading

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No Apology For Haneef Visa Decision : Peters

No apology for Haneef visa decision: Andrews BY KATE HANNON The Canberra Times 16/10/2008 1:00:00 AM Former immigration minister Kevin Andrews has defended his decision to revoke the Australian visa of Indian doctor Mohamed Haneef. Mr Andrews gave evidence in … Continue reading

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Peters: No Job, No Immigration

Peters: No job, no immigration TVNZ October 16. 2008 New Zealand First leader Winston Peters delivered a tough new stance on immigration on Thursday. During a Grey Power meeting in Nelson, Peters revealed his controversial 'no job, no immigration' stance, … Continue reading

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Aussies May Curb Migrants

Aussies may curb migrants PM makes it clear the intake will be influenced by financial conditions By Roger Maynard, Australia Correspondent The Straits Times Oct 14, 2008 SYDNEY: Australia has signalled it may allow fewer foreigners to move to the … Continue reading

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Migrant Intake Cut Flagged

Migrant intake cut flagged Paul Maley and Verity Edwards The Australian October 10, 2008 KEVIN Rudd has raised the possibility of slashing Australia's record high intake of migrants should the global financial crisis plunge the economy into a sustained downturn. … Continue reading

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Ban On Deportations Reversed

Ban on deportations reversed Sarah Smiles The Age October 10, 2008 A LANDMARK Federal Court decision that allowed a group of immigration detainees with criminal backgrounds who have spent much of their lives in Australia to stay in the country … Continue reading

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Minister Says Immigration Balances Out Australian ‘Brain Drain’

Minister says immigration balances out Australian 'brain drain' ABC NEWS Updated October 8, 2008 14:35:23 Australia's Immigration Minister, Chris Evans, says a report showing a record number of Australians moved permanently abroad last year is a symptom of a more … Continue reading

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PNG Immigration Officials Face Bribery Allegations

PNG immigration officials face bribery allegations By PNG correspondent Steve Marshall ABC NEWS Posted Wed Oct 8, 2008 9:17am AEDT Papua New Guinea's intelligence organisation is investigating a possible visa racket that links senior immigration officials to immigrants who are … Continue reading

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Boats May Be Work Of Syndicate

Boats may be work of syndicate Sarah Smiles The Age October 8, 2008 A PEOPLE-smuggling syndicate may have been behind operations to bring two boatloads of asylum seekers to Australia in the past week, says the Immigration Minister. Senator Chris … Continue reading

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Smugglers Eye Asylum Policy

Smugglers eye asylum policy The Age October 8, 2008 AUSTRALIA'S new policy towards asylum seekers could increase opportunities for people smugglers, an Indonesian immigration official said yesterday as the Australian Government grapples with the arrival of two boatloads of illegal … Continue reading

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Evans Re-Assures Illegal Arrivals Dropping

Evans reassures illegal arrivals dropping ABC NEWS Posted Tue Oct 7, 2008 12:39am AEDT Federal Immigration Minister Chris Evans says despite two illegal vessels being captured off Australia's north-west coast in the last week, arrivals are down from the past … Continue reading

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‘Skilled Australians’ Departure At Record

Skilled Australians' departure at record Sydney Morning Herald October 6, 2008 – 9:08PM Australia has experienced its biggest annual exodus on record with 76,923 people leaving the country permanently in 2007-08, a new report shows. And it appears the skills … Continue reading

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Top Level Of Immigration And Labour Breach Rules

Top level of Immigration and Labour dept breach rules NZPA Christopher Blake Friday October 3 2008 – 04:22pm Former Immigration boss Mary Anne Thompson repeatedly acted to help her Kiribati family members get travel documents and did not tell her … Continue reading

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World Youth Day Pilgrims On Expired Visas

World Youth Day pilgrims on expired visas The Herald Sun October 02, 2008 12:01am MORE than 30 pilgrims who visited Sydney for World Youth Day are still here, although their visas have expired, the Department of Immigration said. There are … Continue reading

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Christmas Island Arrivals Prompt Asylum Warning

Christmas Island Arrivals Prompt Asylum Warning Paige Taylor The Australian October 02, 2008 THE Rudd Government is being warned to take a tough stand against the 14 boatpeople – thought to be from the Middle East – intercepted off Australia's … Continue reading

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New Zealand Immigration Looking For 33 Indian Pilgrims

New Zealand immigration looking for 33 Indian “pilgrims” AFP October 2, 2008 WELLINGTON (AFP) New Zealand immigration admitted Friday it had lost track of 33 illegal immigrants from India who arrived in July, claiming to be Catholic pilgrims on their … Continue reading

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