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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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Illegal Immigrants On One-Way Tickets Home

Now Boarding: Illegal Immigrants On One-Way Tickets Home U.S. Customs Ramps Up Air Service Amid Spike In Deportations; Leather Seats, Free Food By MIRIAM JORDAN Wall Street Journal OCTOBER 17, 2008 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — While U.S. airlines downsize and … Continue reading

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Spanish Ads Pit McCain, Obama Against Each Other

Spanish ads pit McCain, Obama against each other Most of the nation is mostly unaware of battle for the Hispanic vote in crucial states By HERNN ROZEMBERG San Antonio Express-News Oct. 16, 2008, 11:54PM SAN ANTONIO Months on the campaign … Continue reading

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Unemployment Total May Be More Than 2 Million By Christmas

Unemployment total may be more than 2 million by Christmas Credit crunch triggers biggest rise since 1990s London hit hardest by 'worse than feared' figures Ashley Seager, Julia Kollewe and Nicholas Watt in Brussels The Guardian, Thursday October 16 2008 … 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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2000 Retired Army Gurkhas To Settle In UK

2000 retired British Army Gurkhas to settle in UK Expressindia Posted: Oct 15, 2008 at 1752 hrs IST London, October 15: More than 2,000 Gurkhas who had retired from the British Army before 1997 will now be able to settle … Continue reading

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Romanians Call For Equal Rights

Romanians call for equal rights By Petru Clej BBC NEWS October 15, 2008 A petition signed by more than 4,000 people has been handed into 10 Downing Street calling for the work rights of Romanians in the UK to be … Continue reading

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Canadian Terror Messages Worrying Officials

Canadian terror messages worrying officials Stewart Bell National Post Published: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 A Quebec man has posted messages on the Internet encouraging al-Qaeda to attack Canada, the latest in a series of similar sentiments that are worrying counterterrorism … Continue reading

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Hamm Wanted Immigrants On The Cheap, MLA’s Told

Hamm wanted immigrants on the cheap, MLAs told Plan led to controversial immigration program, deputy minister says By DAVID JACKSON Provincial Reporter The Chronicle Herald Wed. Oct 15 – 2:03 PM Get more immigrants to Nova Scotia, but don't spend … Continue reading

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Feds: 5 Missing Afghan Scholars Turn Up In Canada

Feds: 5 missing Afghan scholars turn up in Canada By GENE JOHNSON and DONNA BLANKINSHIP The Canadian Press October 15, 2008 SEATTLE (AP) Five visiting scholars from Afghanistan who disappeared from the University of Washington were found Wednesday morning in … Continue reading

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Fraud Plagues Work Visa Program

Fraud plagues work visa program By Matt Wickenheiser The Sun Journal (Lewiston, ME), October 14, 2008 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id =215899&ac=PHnws A federal program that allows skilled foreign nationals to work in this country has such a high incidence of outright fraud that … Continue reading

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Hispanic Voters Graduate To Brutal Ad War

Hispanic voters graduate to brutal ad war McCain, Obama duel for growing population By Stephen Dinan The Washington Times, October 14, 2008 http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/14/hispanic-voters- graduate-to-brutal-ad-war/ Think the campaign's nasty in English? Try it en Espanol. For the first time, both presidential … Continue reading

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Immigration Lawyer Guilty Of Green Card Fraud

Immigration Lawyer Guilty Of Green Card Fraud North County Gazette Posted on Tuesday, 14 of October , 2008 at 8:44 pm BROOKLYNAn immigration lawyer based in Brooklyn was found guilty by a jury Tuesday afternoon in Manhattan federal court of … 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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B.C. Human Rights Tribunal May Never Live Down Embarrassing Steyn Fiasco

B.C. Human Rights Tribunal may never live down embarrassing Steyn fiasco Panel's hearing over Maclean's article was an affront to free speech and a waste of public resources and time Ian Mulgrew Vancouver Sun Published: Monday, October 13, 2008 The … Continue reading

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Canadian Author Weaves Bleak Immigrant Story

Canadian Author Weaves Bleak Immigrant Story George Abraham Khaleej Times Online 12 October 2008 In Rawi Hages telling, some among Canadas foreign-born population inhabit a parallel universe that is far removed from the rest of society. Others have compared immigrant … Continue reading

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Maclean’s Article On Islam Not Hate Speech : B.C. Tribunal

Maclean's article on Islam not hate speech: B.C. tribunal By Lena Sin The Province Published: Saturday, October 11, 2008 The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has dismissed a controversial complaint against Maclean's magazine, saying the magazine did not contravene the province's … Continue reading

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