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Unscrupulous Recruiting Practices A Hazard To New Manitoba Immigrants

Unscrupulous recruiting practices a hazard to new Manitoba immigrants CBC NEWS Tuesday, March 18, 2008 Some of the immigrants Manitoba has been recruiting to fill a growing need for skilled workers have fallen victim to a scheme that required them … Continue reading

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Via Ticket Agent Called Border Servics About Stowaways ; Told To Try Elsewhere

Via ticket agent called border services about stowaways; told to try elsewhere THE CANADIAN PRESS March 17, 2008 HALIFAX—A Via ticket agent suspicious of the behaviour of four men who turned out to be stowaways called a Canada Border Services … Continue reading

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Come Back Home, Ex-Quebecers Urged

Come back home, ex-Quebecers urged Hubert Bauch Canwest News Service Published: Monday, March 17, 2008 MONTREAL — Quebec's Opposition Action democratique du Quebec is calling on expatriate Quebecers to return home. The call to “return to the cradle” is part … Continue reading

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Immigration Rules Slated By Uni(versity) Official

Immigration rules slated by uni official Source: Edinburgh Evening News Location: Scotland Published Date: 17 March 2008 NEW immigration rules which require universities to report overseas students who miss lectures have come under fire from an Edinburgh University official. Under … Continue reading

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UK Defends Zimbabwean Expulsions

UK defends Zimbabwean expulsions BBC NEWS Last Updated: Monday, 17 March 2008, 10:32 GMT [] The UK government has defended its decision to resume the deportation of failed asylum-seekers to Zimbabwe. Some 500 Zimbabweans have been sent letters urging them … Continue reading

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Developing Countries Go For 457 Visas

Developing countries go for 457 visas COMPUTING professionals led the list of top 15 occupations for primary 457 visa grants in 2006-07, the Immigration Department said. Paul Maley THE AUSTRALIAN March 17, 2008 Britain contributed the most workers in the … Continue reading

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Police Arrest 4 Stowaways Who Tried To Enter Canada

Police arrest 4 stowaways who tried to enter Canada CTV.ca News Staff Updated Sun. Mar. 16 2008 7:53 PM ET Four male stowaways who crossed the Atlantic Ocean inside a shipping container were arrested in Truro, N.S., this weekend, shortly … Continue reading

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Pressure For Land ‘Threatens Natural Resources’

Pressure for land 'threatens natural resources' By Paul Eccleston The Daily Telegraph Last Updated: 2:36am GMT 16/03/2008 Growing demand for land to build homes is putting pressure on precious natural resources, a National Trust report says. A rising population is … Continue reading

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Spain’s Muslims Face Dearth Of Mosques

Spain's Muslims face dearth of mosques By Victoria Burnett International Herald Tribune Published: March 16, 2008 LLEIDA, Spain: As prayer time approached on a chilly Friday afternoon and men drifted toward the mosque on North Street, Hocine Kouitene hauled open … Continue reading

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Strength In Numbers—Two Thirds Of French Canadians Can Trace Their Roots To 283 Early Settlers

Strength in numbers Two-thirds of French Canadians can trace their roots to 283 early settlers Peter O'neil Canwest News Service Published: Saturday, March 15, 2008 TOUROUVRE, France -Ralph Mercier was blinking away tears here while stepping inside an ancient stone … Continue reading

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On The Heels Of Gay Marriage, Polygamy Knocks On Canada’s Door

On the heels of gay marriage, polygamy knocks on Canada's door By MICHAEL COREN The Toronto Sun Sat, March 15, 2008 Okay, help me here. There has been an angry, even hysterical reaction to the revelation that there are a … Continue reading

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Multiculturalism’s Nemesis

Multiculturalism's nemesis TONY BOCK/TORONTO STAR Trevor Phillips has come a long way since his student radical days. As head of the Commission on Equality and Human Rights, he's accused of pandering to the right in Britain's multiculturalism debate. Meet Trevor … Continue reading

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Immigration Changes Pose Risk, Critics Say

Immigration changes pose risk, critics say Richard Brennan OTTAWA BUREAU Mar 15, 2008 04:30 AM OTTAWAThe Conservative government has introduced changes that would give sweeping powers to the federal immigration minister, which critics fear would slam the door on many … Continue reading

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Polish Federation Accuses Daily Mail Of Defamation

Polish federation accuses Daily Mail of defamation 'Reluctant' complaint made to press watchdog Newspaper denies it is biased against migrants Colin Graham in Warsaw and Stephen Brook The Guardian, Saturday March 15 2008 (This article appeared in the Guardian on … Continue reading

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Prosperity Without Parents

Prosperity without parents DOUG SAUNDERS Globe and Mail Update March 15, 2008 at 12:05 AM EDT CARBUNESTI, Romania For seven-year-old Stefania Rocu, the hardest moments come at bedtime. That's when her mother would come to her bedroom for a nightly … Continue reading

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Gay Refugees Have Difficulty Proving They’re Gay

Gay refugees have difficulty proving they're gay By Tiffany Crawford Canwest News Service Published: Saturday, March 15, 2008 The Canadian Refugee Board needs to establish clearer guidelines on sexual orientation to help adjudicators avoid stereotyping gay and lesbian refugees who … Continue reading

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German Schools Introduce Muslim Classes

GERMAN SCHOOLS INTRODUCE MUSLIM CLASSES 'Anyone Who Wants Integration Has to Provide Islam Instruction' By Beate Lakotta DER SPIEGEL March 14, 2008 German-language Islam instruction for Muslim schoolchildren helps with integration and the development of language skills. Now the culture … Continue reading

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Hospitals Forecast Deficits

Hospitals forecast deficits Half of Ontario's hospitals say without cuts, they'll break an Ontario law banning red ink. By JOHN MINER SUN MEDIA Thu, March 13, 2008 Half of Ontario's hospitals are poised to operate in the red, a situation … Continue reading

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ADQ Pushes For More Babies, Fewer Immigrants To Protect French

ADQ pushes for more babies, fewer immigrants to protect French Marianne White The Ottawa Citizen with files from The Montreal Gazette Published: Thursday, March 13, 2008 QUEBEC – The Opposition Action dmocratique du Qubec wants the provincial government to cut … Continue reading

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Migrant Backlog Targeted

MIGRANT BACKLOG TARGETED Tories set to accept fewer immigration applications John Ivison National Post Published: Thursday, March 13, 2008 OTTAWA – The federal government is set to reduce the number of new immigration applications it accepts in a dramatic change … Continue reading

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