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Italy Cracks Down On Illegal Immigrants, Landlords

Italy cracks down on illegal immigrants, landlords By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press May 13, 2009 ROME (AP) Italian lawmakers voted Wednesday to fine illegal immigrants up to euro10,000 ($13,670) and jail the people who house them, imposing stiff new penalties … Continue reading

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Kenney Is Just The Latest To Confront Canada’s Refugee Industry

Kenney is just the latest to confront Canada's refugee industry. The others lost William Bauer The National Post Posted: May 12, 2009, 9:00 AM by NP Editor Jason Kenney, the federal Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, recently announced his intention … Continue reading

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U.S. To Build More Virtual Border Fencing

U.S. to build more 'virtual' border fencing By Tim Gaynor Reuters, May 12, 2009 http://uk.reuters.com/article/marketsNewsUS/idUKN1234605920090512 Tucson, AZ (Reuters) — The U.S. government has begun building more 'virtual' fencing along the border with Mexico at a cost of $100 million after … Continue reading

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Who’s Illegal? Crackdown Targets Employers Of Undocumented

Who's illegal? Crackdown targets employers of undocumented By Sheena McFarland The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City), May 12, 2009 http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12354718 The Department of Homeland Security is redirecting its immigration branch to focus on cracking down on the employers who … Continue reading

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RI Lawmakers Approve Immigration Checks On Workers

RI lawmakers approve immigration checks on workers By Kelsey Abbruzzese The Associated Press, May 12, 2009 http://www.wkrg.com/associated_press/article/ri_lawmakers_approve_immigration_checks_on_workers/46208/ Providence (AP) — A bill requiring private companies to use the federal E-Verify database to check the immigration status of new hires was … Continue reading

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Public Want A Massive Cut In Immigration—Nearly 80% Concerned About The Issue

Public want a massive cut in immigration Nearly 80 per cent concerned about the issue Click to access YouGovpollpressrelScaleofImmig(Final).pdf May 12-14, 2009 A new poll has found that more than 7 out of 10 adults want immigration cut by over … Continue reading

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Alberta Employment Counsellors Shift From Headhunting To Coaching Jobless Workers

Alberta Employment counsellors shift from headhunting to coaching jobless workers The Canadian Press May 10, 2009 CALGARY Less than year ago, Bruce Cameron was run off his feet trying to find workers for thousands of vacant jobs. Today, he's run … Continue reading

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Tory Minister Kenney Denies Conspiracy Against Ruby Dhalla

Tory minister Kenney denies conspiring against Ruby Dhalla The Canadian Press May 10, 2009 OTTAWA Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is dismissing claims by Ruby Dhalla's lawyer that the Liberal MP is the victim of a conspiracy mounted by people bent … Continue reading

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Kenney’s Quiet Revolution

Kenney's Quiet Revolution Media focus on guns, drugs and hard-nosed ministers precludes dialogue on government shifts in immigration policy by Tim McSorley The Dominion May 10, 2009 http://www.dominionpaper.ca MONTREALA massive police operation in the Toronto area on April 1 caught … Continue reading

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Esky Men Granted Visas To Stay

Esky men granted visas to stay Nicolas Perpitch Article from: The Australian May 09, 2009 TWO Burmese men who claimed to have survived 25 days at sea in an industrial-sized Esky flew out of Christmas Island yesterday after being granted … Continue reading

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Ray Of Hope For Three Refugees In Pakistan

Ray of hope for three refugees in Pakistan Amanda Hodge, Islamabad Article from: The Australian May 09, 2009 HABIBA Hosseini has been a refugee for all but six of her 32 years. Her parents fled the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan … Continue reading

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Language, Privacy Issues Derail Immigration Hearing For Double Murderer

Language, privacy issues derail immigration hearing for double murderer The Canadian Press May 8, 2009 CALGARY A landed immigrant from Bosnia who had been the subject of an international manhunt for the past 13 years made a brief appearance Friday … Continue reading

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Finland To Start Repatriating Iraqi Asylum Seekers

Finland to start repatriating Iraqi asylum seekers All but four provinces in Iraq considered safe HELSINGIN SANOMAT INTERNATIONAL EDITION – FOREIGN May 8, 2009 Finland is planning to start sending Iraqi asylum seekers back to their home country. According to … Continue reading

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Migration Agent Raided Over Visa Documents

Migration agent raided over visa documents Sydney Morning Herald May 8, 2009 A RAID on a city office has uncovered a visa racket that had ensnared at least 30 people, the Immigration Minister, Chris Evans, said. A Sydney migration agent … Continue reading

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Britain Presses On With Plans For Plans For ID Cards

Britain presses on with plans for ID cards May 7, 2009 LONDON: Britain is to go ahead with controversial plans for identity cards. People living in Manchester, in England's north-west, will be the first asked to volunteer to apply for … Continue reading

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Japanese Tourists To Britain On Fast Decline

Japanese tourists to Britain on fast decline By WILLIAM HOLLINGWORTH Kyodo News The Japan Times Thursday, May 7, 2009 LONDON Japan has taken the title of “fastest declining market” for the British tourist industry, according to an analysis of data … Continue reading

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Italy Ships 200 Rescued Migrants Back To Libya

Italy ships 200 rescued migrants back to Libya By FRANCES D'EMILIO Associated Press Writer May 7, 2009 – 2:53pm ROME (AP) – Italy returned more than 200 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Sea to Libya on Thursday, defying the United … Continue reading

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Fund Boost To Tackle People Smuggling

Fund boost to tackle people smuggling Tom Allard, Jakarta The Age May 7, 2009 The Federal Government will announce a $400 million package to combat people smuggling in next week's budget. The Government plans an aggressive strategy to extradite the … Continue reading

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"Visa Scam Gang Let In Hundreds"

“VISA SCAM GANG LET IN HUNDREDS” By LEON WATSON The Sun Published: 06 May 2009 THREE Indian illegal immigrants masterminded the single biggest visa scam seen in Britain, a court heard today. The gang ran a fraud factory creating thousands … Continue reading

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Manchester ‘Bomb Plot’ Accused Appeal Against Deportation

Manchester 'bomb plot' accused appeal against deportation All ten of the Pakistani men released following an alleged Easter bombing plot to blow up shopping centers in Manchester have appealed against being deported. By Duncan Gardham, Security Correspondent Telegraph.co.uk Last Updated: … Continue reading

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