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Send Them Home

'SEND THEM HOME' PETER TIFFEN The Northern Territory News 12Nov07 THE Ugandan Government has called in Interpol to track down two teenage cricketers who fled their national team in Darwin. But they were playing cricket in Adelaide for the West … Continue reading

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Herouxville’s Open Letter To Stephen Harper

Houxville, November 12, 2007 Right Honourable Mr Stephen Harper Prime Minister of Canada Parliament of Canada Ottawa Mister Harper, We have not received acknowledgment of our first letter, which was sent to you on the 10th of September. This letter … Continue reading

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Secret Evidence Allowed In Deportation Cases

Secret evidence allowed in deportation cases Special section of Immigration Act permits closed-door hearings from which suspects and defence counsel are barred COLIN FREEZE From Monday's Globe and Mail November 12, 2007 at 4:42 AM EST Call it a “security … Continue reading

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Ottawa Population To Hit 1.13 Million By 2031

Ottawa population to hit 1.13 million by 2031 Andrew Thomson, Ottawa Citizen Published: Monday, November 12, 2007 With urban sprawl and Greenbelt development once again hot topics, the city's planning and environment committee will be asked Tuesday to approve new … Continue reading

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Filipino Linemen Fill Calgary Jobs

Filipino linemen fill Calgary jobs Desperate firm 'thinking outside the box' Norma Greenaway CanWest News Service Monday, November 12, 2007 OTTAWA – Joe Marshall had reached the end of his rope. He had travelled far and wide in Canada in … Continue reading

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EU Crooks May Be Deported: Minister

EU crooks may be deported: minister Expatica News Monday 12 November 2007 The Netherlands is to investigate whether it can deport EU nationals who are convicted of serious crimes back to their country of origin. But the Dutch approach will … Continue reading

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Swedes On Edge Of Culture Clash

Swedes on edge of culture clash By Cajsa Collin The Washington Times November 12, 2007 In December of each year, violence disrupts the streets of Salem, a suburb of Stockholm, when hundreds of right-wing extremists and racist groups clash with … Continue reading

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EU Tries To Square The Circle On ‘Blue Card" Proposal

EU tries to square the circle on 'Blue Card' proposal Deutsche Presse Agentur November 12, 2007 EU interior ministers have welcomed plans to introduce an “EU Blue Card” aimed at luring skilled workers from Asia and Africa, but they also … Continue reading

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Denmark Faces Tough Balance In Election

Denmark Faces Tough Balance in Election By KARL RITTER The Associated Press Monday, November 12, 2007; 3:35 PM COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark's center-right government will need the backing of both a nationalist, anti-immigration party and a small centrist group led … Continue reading

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Greeks Save Ship With 275 Migrants

Greeks Save Ship With 275 Migrants By THE NEW YORK TIMES Published: November 12, 2007 ATHENS, Nov. 11 The Greek coast guard on Sunday rescued 275 people believed to be illegal migrants crammed on a Turkish cargo ship that nearly … Continue reading

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A Fine Line For Democrats On Border Issues

A fine line for Democrats on border issues Some think the party can toughen its image on illegal immigration without straying from traditional positions. By Peter Wallsten, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer November 11, 2007 WASHINGTON — Top Democratic elected … Continue reading

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Businesses That Cater To Latinos Seeing Steeper Drops In Sales

Businesses that cater to Latinos seeing steeper drops in sales Associated Press November 11, 2007 12:44 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) – Already feeling a sting from the economic slowdown, businesses in metropolitan Phoenix that cater to Latinos are seeing less … Continue reading

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U.S. Fears More Illegal Crossing Along Northern Border

U.S. fears more illegal crossings along northern border By LES BLUMENTHAL McClatchy Newspapers November 11, 2007 BLAINE, Wash. | Tucked in the countryside where paved roads give way to gravel is the Smuggler Inn, a bed-and-breakfast on the U.S.-Canadian border. … Continue reading

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Florida Ends Shuttling Of Refugees To Canada

Florida Ends Shuttling of Refugees to Canada By MONICA DAVEY The New York Times Published: November 10, 2007 A Florida organization that assisted hundreds of illegal immigrants in fleeing to Canada must close and return thousands of dollars it collected … Continue reading

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Discord Roils LA Unified Parent Panel

Discord roils L.A. Unified parent panel Acrimony with racial overtones has plagued the advisory council. The key issue: whether meetings in Spanish should be allowed. By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer November 10, 2007 For months, parents on … Continue reading

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Denmark’s Unabashed Lightning Rod On Immigration

The Saturday Profile Denmark's Unabashed Lightning Rod on Immigration By JOHN TAGLIABUE The New York Times Published: November 10, 2007 COPENHAGEN “I think we are letting down freedom-loving Muslims if we are not fighting the radical Islamists.” Karen Jespersen KAREN … Continue reading

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Australia’s Howard Fights To Save Seat Amid Immigrants’ Anger

Australia's Howard Fights to Save Seat Amid Immigrants' Anger By Gemma Daley Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) — Kam Leung emigrated from Indonesia to Australia in 2003. While the 24-year-old has earned enough as a cook in the Sydney suburb of Epping … Continue reading

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Negative Population Growth Asserts America Is On Path To Population Disaster

NPG Asserts America Is on Path to Population Disaster ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 9 PRNewswire-USNewswire Negative Population Growth President Donald Mann has announced the start of a Campaign for a National Population Policy, a grassroots effort to get the American people … Continue reading

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Multiculturalism Losing Ground In Canada

Multiculturalism loosing ground in Canada www.chinaview.cn [] 2007-11-08 02:45:29 t OTTAWA, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) — As one of the world's major immigrant-receiving societies, Canada has taken pride on being a cultural mosaic where different ethnic cultures co-exist. However, a recent … Continue reading

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Octobr 28, 2007: Flagship Border Force ‘Puts Security At Risk’

Flagship border force 'puts security at risk' Insufficient staff training is undermining customs checks, claims union Jamie Doward, home affairs editor Sunday October 28, 2007 The Observer The government's flagship programme to protect Britain's borders is threatening to weaken national … Continue reading

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