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Analysis: Labour Has Lost Control Of Borders

Analysis: Labour has lost control of borders By Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor The Telegraph Last Updated: 7:29am BST 28/09/2007 A two-page report from the Office for National Statistics yesterday illustrated graphically how Labour lost control of immigration. Immigration estimates … Continue reading

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Family Reunification Scheme Abused (The Netherlands)

Family reunification scheme abused Expatica News 28 September 2007 AMSTERDAM An unknown number of Turks and Moroccans brought more than eight “partners” to the Netherlands between 1977 and 2006 under the family reunification scheme. The Telegraaf reports this on Friday … Continue reading

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Stop Bogus Refugees Before They Get In

James Bissett: Stop bogus refugees before they get in Canadians must be asking themselves why our government seems powerless to stop the thousands of Mexican refugee claimants who are pouring across the U.S. border. Few, if any, are genuine refugees. … Continue reading

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Asylum Seekers ‘Enter UK In Tony Blair’s Car’

Asylum seekers 'enter UK in Tony Blair's car' By John Steele, Crime Correspondent The Telegraph Last Updated: 2:51pm BST 27/09/2007 Four asylum seekers trying to sneak into Britain in a container lorry were astonished when they got out of the … Continue reading

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Albayrak Criticises Predecessor Verdonk

Albayrak criticises predecessor Verdonk Expatica News 27 September 2007 THE HAGUE State secretary for justice Nebahat Albayrak voiced criticism on Wednesday of Rita Verdonk, her predecessor on the asylum dossier. Under Verdonk's charge fewer aliens left shelters than had been … Continue reading

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French Riot Squad To Halt Cherbourg Migrants

French riot squad to halt Cherbourg migrants By Peter Allen in Cherbourg The Telegraph Last Updated: 2:30am BST 27/09/2007 French riot police have begun a “war” in the port of Cherbourg against hundreds of migrants trying to enter Britain illegally … Continue reading

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Australia Admits To Deporting Papuans

Australia admits to deporting Papuans The Age (Melbourne) September 27, 2007 – 12:30PM Australia broke international law and endangered the lives of five Papuan asylum seekers by secretly sending the men back to Papua New Guinea, refugee advocates say. In … Continue reading

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Foreign Doctor Doubts

Foreign-doctor doubts Mark Metherell and Phillip Hudson The Sydney Morning Herald September 27, 2007 THE Minister for Immigration, Kevin Andrews, says the public cannot be confident about the screening procedures for overseas-trained doctors. Mr Andrews is expected today to call … Continue reading

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1500 Refused Amnesty So Far (The Netherlands)

1,500 refused amnesty so far 26 September 2007 Expatica News THE HAGUE More than 1,500 asylum seekers who have exhausted the procedure have been informed since mid June that they are not eligible for amnesty, the Volkskrant reports. They do … Continue reading

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French Senate Commission Shoots Down Amendent On DNA Tests For Immigrants

French Senate commission shoots down amendment on DNA tests for immigrants Live-PR AP 26.09.2007 16:33:24 (live-PR.com) – PARIS (AP) – A French Senate commission shot down Wednesday an amendment to an immigration bill that would have requested DNA samples from … Continue reading

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WRR Puts Integration Debate On Edge (The Netherlands)

WRR puts integration debate on edge Expatica News 25 September 2007 THE HAGUE The Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR) has put the discussion on the topic of integration and the council's own position on edge with its report Identification … Continue reading

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Kiwis Overtake Poms To Lead Aussie Migration Stakes

Kiwis overtake Poms to lead Aussie migration stakes Connie Levett The Age (Melbourne) September 25, 2007 THE Kiwis are coming. For the first time, New Zealand has overtaken the UK as the largest source country for permanent migrants to Australia, … Continue reading

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Latest Population Figures ‘Sheer Madness’

Latest population figures sheer madness Sustainable Population Australia Media Release 25 September 2007. It is sheer madness for Australia to assume it can sustain population growth figures of 307,100 per annum, or 1.5 per cent, according to Sustainable Population Australia … Continue reading

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Australia Urged To Help Iraqi Refugees

Australia urged to help Iraqi refugees Andra Jackson The Age (Melbourne) September 25, 2007 AUSTRALIA has a moral obligation to increase its intake of Iraqi refugees, who now pose “the fastest-growing displacement crisis in the world”, according to Amnesty International. … Continue reading

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Online Attack On Citizenship Test (Australia)

Online attack on citizenship test The Age (Melbourne) September 25, 2007 – 11:59AM A five-minute video that mocks the new Australian citizenship test has been posted on the internet by Australian Democrats leader Lyn Allison. The YouTube video picks holes … Continue reading

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Labour Minister Doubts Immigration Figures

Labour minister doubts immigration figures By Brendan Carlin, Political Correspondent The Telegraph Last Updated: 1:44am BST 25/09/2007 A fresh row is raging over immigration levels after a government minister admitted there was no real confidence in official migration figures. Sadiq … Continue reading

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Mexican Consul Defends Country As Refugee Seekers Flock To Canada

Mexican consul defends country as refugee seekers flock to Canada CanWest News Service Published: Monday, September 24, 2007 WINDSOR – The consular agency of Mexico in Leamington, Ont. defended its country's reputation Sunday after several recently-arrived Mexicans blamed their homeland's … Continue reading

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New Rules Speed Foreign Workers To Alberta

New Rules Speed Foreign Workers To Alberta CBC News September 24, 2007 The federal government is changing some of the guidelines to the temporary foreign workers program to help ease some of the labour pains for short-staffed employers in Alberta. … Continue reading

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Fewer Migrants Mean More Benefits: As Immigration Enforcement Takes Hold, Jobs Begin To Open Up To Less-Skilled Americans

Fewer migrants mean more benefits As immigration enforcement takes hold, jobs begin to open up to less-skilled Americans. By Mark Krikorian Los Angeles Times September 24, 2007 Immigration hawks have been on a winning streak lately. An unprecedented surge of … Continue reading

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Migrants ‘Should Pay For Our Services’

Migrants 'should pay for our services' By Bonnie Malkin The Telegraph Last Updated: 2:30am BST 24/09/2007 Economic migrants could be forced to make a bigger contribution to the cost of public services, under plans outlined by the head of Britain's … Continue reading

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