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Rising Bill For Removal Flights

Rising bill for removal flights More than 100 million of taxpayer's money has been spent flying illegal immigrants and failed asylum seekers home on private jets and other planes in the last five years. By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor … Continue reading

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Pakistan Cricketer Mohammed Asif Considers Asylum In Britain

Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Asif considers asylum in Britain Mohammad Asif, one of the cricketers at the centre of the fixing scandal, is considering making a claim for political asylum in Britain to avoid returning to a potentially violent backlash in … Continue reading

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Minister : One in 10 Migrants Unwilling To Integrate Into Germany

Minister: One in 10 migrants unwilling to integrate into Germany Deutsche Presse Agentur Sep 8, 2010, 12:28 GMT Berlin – One in 10 migrants to Germany is unwilling to integrate, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Wednesday, as the … Continue reading

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Australia Leads On Foreign Students

Australia leads on foreign students Jewel Topsfield The Age September 8, 2010 AUSTRALIA has the highest proportion of international students enrolled in its tertiary institutions in the world, according to an international study. The OECD's Education at a Glance report, … Continue reading

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Cabinet Shakeup Expected

Cabinet shakeup expected Paul Osborne AAP September 8, 2010 Prime Minister Julia Gillard is expected to anoint Kevin Rudd as foreign minister and elevate new Labor talent amid a frontbench overhaul aimed at shoring up her minority government. The cabinet … Continue reading

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Tamil Refugee Claimant Rejected

Tamil refugee claimant rejected By TOM GODFREY Toronto Sun Last Updated: September 8, 2010 5:48pm A Tamil man who claims he faces torture or death from the Tamil Tigers terror group has lost his bid for refugee status and faces … Continue reading

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6 EU Countries Plus Canada Seek Ways To Crack Down Together On Illegal Migrants

6 EU countries plus Canada seek ways to crack down together on illegal migrants By Elaine Ganley (CP) September 7, 2010 PARIS—European ministers on Monday discussed ways to crack down on illegal immigration, block false asylum demands and harmonize EU … Continue reading

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More Tamils Bound For Canada : Expert

More Tamils bound for Canada: expert Ottawa said to be stationing intelligence officers abroad to disrupt schemes CBC News Last Updated: Tuesday, September 7, 2010 | 9:15 PM PT Another boatload of Tamil migrants could soon be headed to Canada, … Continue reading

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Stop Immigration Crime At Its Source

Stop immigration crime at its source Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is right to go directly to source countries in the fight against scam marriages, unscrupulous immigration consultants and human smugglers. Editorial From Wednesday's Globe and Mail Published on Tuesday, Sep. … Continue reading

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Grant Pakistanis Visas Quickly, Liberal MP

Grant Pakistanis visas quickly, Liberal MP Toronto Sun Last Updated: September 7, 2010 5:51pm Canada should speed up the process for granting flood-stricken Pakistanis immigration visas so they can settle here with their families and loved ones, says a Liberal … Continue reading

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Canada Seeks Answers To Immigration-Fraud Issues In Europe

Canada seeks answers to immigration-fraud issues in Europe By Jeremy Torobin The Globe and Mail, September 7, 2010 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-seeks-answers -to-immigration-fraud-issues-in-europe/article1697606/ Canada is turning to Europe for partners in a widening fight against human trafficking and bogus asylum seekers. Immigration Minister … Continue reading

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Immigration Rules Will Help Stop Extremist Exploitation, Says Damian Green

Immigration rules will help stop extremist exploitation, says Damian Green Tougher immigration rules will make it harder for extremist parties to exploit the issue, Damian Green, the minister overseeing the policy, has said. By James Kirkup Published: 7:30AM BST 07 … Continue reading

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UK Border Agency Cuts Prompt Port Security Fears

UK Border Agency cuts prompt port security fears BBC NEWS 7 September 2010 Last updated at 13:13 ET A Scottish police chief has condemned moves by the UK Border Agency to withdraw funding for three officers working at the port … Continue reading

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French Urge Romanians To Draft Roma Integration Plan

French urge Romanians to draft Roma integration plan M & C Sep 9, 2010, 18:53 GMT Bucharest – French officials visiting Romania Thursday to discuss the issue of Roma migration urged their hosts to draft a national plan for integrating … Continue reading

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Don’t Lecture Us On Roma, Romania Warns France

Don't lecture us on Roma, Romania warns France M & C Sep 9, 2010, 11:52 GMT Bucharest – Romania warned France not to give it any lectures on the situation of the Roma, ahead of a visit by French ministers … Continue reading

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Austria Restricts Asylum Seekers’ Freedom Of Movement

Austria restricts asylum seekers' freedom of movement M & C Sep 7, 2010, 17:47 GMT Vienna – Austria further tightened its asylum rules on Tuesday, with the government deciding that asylum seekers will no longer be allowed to leave refugee … Continue reading

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Facebook Death Threat Against Race-Row German Banker

REPORT: Facebook death threat against race-row German banker M & C Sep 7, 2010, 11:40 GMT Berlin – The German banker Thilo Sarrazin, who caused outrage with a book blaming Islam for the poor integration of Muslims, has been threatened … Continue reading

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New Zealand Rolls Out Fingerprint Checks

NZ rolls out fingerprint checks Catherine Deshayes TheMoveChannel.com Tuesday, September 07, 2010 New Zealand has started fingerprint checks with Australia as part of a biometric programme to strengthen border security and prevent identity fraud… The scheme is expected to be … Continue reading

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Experts Say Security Reasons May Keep Tamils In Detention

Experts say security reasons may keep Tamils in detention By Douglas Quan Postmedia News, September 6, 2010 http://www.canada.com/Experts+security+reasons+keep+Tamils+ detention/3487060/story.html Ever since a shipload of Tamil migrants arrived in Canada on Aug. 13, the government has argued for their continued detention … Continue reading

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Immigration Minister Calls For Tougher Look At Visa Qualifications

Immigration minister calls for tougher look at visa qualifications The UK needs to look harder at who is qualifying for visas after research showed more than a fifth of foreign students were still in the country after five years, the … Continue reading

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