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Filipinos Top The Immigrant And Temporary Worker Lists

Filipinos top the immigrant and temporary-worker lists MARINA JIMNEZ The Globe and Mail December 17, 2008 For the first time, the Philippines has become Canada's largest source country for immigrants and temporary workers combined, signalling an important shift in immigration … Continue reading

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Seattle Day Labourers Head To Canada

Seattle Day Laborers Head to Canada KUOW Radio, December 17, 2008 http://kuow.org/program.php?id=16542 In the midst of economic uncertainly, many people wonder what's up ahead. Key factors like unemployment and foreclosures offer some insight. Another is immigration. Anthropologist Robert Kemper of … Continue reading

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Immigration ‘Must Be Slashed’ To Keep Population Below 70 Million

Asylum seeker sewed mouth up in attempt to avoid deportation A Kurdish asylum seeker sewed his mouth together in an attempt to avoid being returned to Iraq. By Chris Irvine Telegraph.co.uk Last Updated: 1:31AM GMT 16 Dec 2008 He was … Continue reading

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Glasgow Banker Bilal Abdullah Jailed For 32 Years

Glasgow bomber Bilal Abdulla jailed for 32 years Times Online December 17, 2008 An NHS doctor who tried to kill and maim thousands of people in terrorist car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow was jailed for 32 years today. … Continue reading

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Immigration Tightened To Save Jobs

Immigration tightened to save jobs By Renee Viellaris, Michael Madigan, Liam Walsh The Courier Mail (Brisbane), December 17, 2008 http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24816259-952,00.html A growing jobs shortage and rising unemployment figures in Australia have forced the Rudd Government to start closing the gate … Continue reading

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Australia To Make ‘Modest’ Cut In Migrants

Australia to make 'modest' cut in migrants The Australian government is considering a modest reduction in the number of migrant visas it issues in preparation for a rise in unemployment. By Bonnie Malkin in Sydney The Telegraph.com Last Updated: 3:33PM … Continue reading

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Seventh Asylum Boat Signals Change Of Tactics

Seventh asylum boat signals change of tactics Paul Maley The Australian December 17, 2008 A NEW boatload of suspected asylum-seekers has been intercepted by the Navy 200km northeast of Darwin in a sign people-smugglers may have switched tactics to avoid … Continue reading

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Workers Ending Up Stranded

Workers ending up stranded By SUE FEA The Southland Times Wednesday, 17 December 2008 Many young overseas workers flocking to Queenstown are getting stranded in the resort without money to fly home. More than 1300 work permits have been approved … Continue reading

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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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$2 Million For School Settlement Workers

$2 million for school settlement workers By Sheila Reynolds Surrey North Delta Leader Published: December 16, 2008 9:00 AM Updated: December 16, 2008 9:12 AM The Surrey School District has received $2 million from the province to fund a second … Continue reading

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Many Who Entered the U.S. On Valid Visas But Fell Out Of Legal Status Between 1982 And 1988 Are Eligible For The Amnesty …

Many who entered the United States on valid visas but fell out of legal status between 1982 and 1988 are eligible for the amnesty offered under the 1986 immigration reform law. By Teresa Watanabe Los Angeles Times, December 15, 2008 … Continue reading

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Million New Jobs Go To Migrants As Slump Deepens

MILLION NEW JOBS GO TO MIGRANTS AS SLUMP DEEPENS By Macer Hall Political Editor The Daily Express Tuesday December 16,2008 NEARLY all the 1.34 million jobs created in Britain in the past seven years have gone to immigrants, a bombshell … Continue reading

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Boris Johnson Aide ‘Deeply Regrets’ Immigration Articles

Boris Johnson aide 'deeply regrets' immigration articles Anthony Browne says newspaper pieces do not give a fair reflection of his views Hlne Mulholland guardian.co.uk Tuesday 16 December 2008 11.09 GMT Boris Johnson's policy chief has apologised for newspaper articles he … Continue reading

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Immigration Officers Swoop On Burseledon Restaurant

Immigration officers swoop on Bursledon restaurant Sian Davies Daily Echo 12:27pm Tuesday 16th December 2008 FOUR people were arrested at a popular Chinese restaurant in a crackdown on illegal immigrants. The UK Border Agency led the operation at the Riverside … Continue reading

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Asylum Seeker Sewed Mouth Up In Attempt To Avoid Deportation

Asylum seeker sewed mouth up in attempt to avoid deportation A Kurdish asylum seeker sewed his mouth together in an attempt to avoid being returned to Iraq. By Chris Irvine Telegraph.co.uk Last Updated: 1:31AM GMT 16 Dec 2008 He was … Continue reading

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More Asylum Seekers Caught Off WA Coast

More asylum seekers caught off WA coast TheWest.com.au 16th December 2008, 11:30 WST BREAKING NEWS EXCLUSIVE: The Australian Navy has intercepted another boatload of asylum seekers in Australian waters. Minister for Home Affairs Bob Debus confirmed the boat had been … Continue reading

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Questions Raised After Detainees Flee

Questions raised after detainees flee Jewel Topsfield The Age December 16, 2008 THREE detainees at Maribyrnong Detention Centre pulled off brazen escapes at the weekend, raising questions about immigration security. The latest escapes come less than two months after a … Continue reading

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Tension Builds Between Fiji and New Zealand

Tension builds between Fiji and NZ The Fiji Times Online Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Update: 12:33PM Tension is building between Fiji's interim Government and New Zealand after the Immigration Department deported a Kiwi journalist and claims to expel the countrys … Continue reading

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Green Card Marriage Scam Often Ignored

Green-card marriage scam often ignored By Chad Groening The One News Now, December 15, 2008 http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=354240 David Seminara adjudicated thousands of marriage-based green-card applications while serving in the State Department. He recently wrote a background paper for the Center for … Continue reading

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Census : In Farmers Branch, Hispanics Now No. 1 Demographic Group

Census: In Farmers Branch, Hispanics now No. 1 demographic group By Stephanie Sandoval The Dallas Morning News, December 15, 2008 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/ DN-fbcensus_15met.ART.State.Edition1.4a4abf3.html New census data shows the complexion of Farmers Branch is changing dramatically, giving activists fresh ammunition for their … Continue reading

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