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Gordon Brown Pledges Jobs For British Workers

Gordon Brown pledges jobs for British workers By Toby Helm, Chief Political Correspondent The Telegraph Last Updated: 2:24am BST 12/09/2007 Gordon Brown has moved to outflank David Cameron over immigration by unveiling initiatives to limit the influx of non-European Union … Continue reading

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Scores Arrested In Anti-Islam Protest

Scores arrested in anti-Islam protest 12 September 2007 BRUSSELS (AFP) – Belgian police arrested 154 people Tuesday for taking part in a banned protest in Brussels against “the Islamisation of Europe”, on the anniversary of the 11 September 2001 attacks. … Continue reading

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France Worried About Shortfall In Deportation Of Illegals

France worried about shortfall in deportation of illegals PARIS, Sept 12, 2007 (AFP) – France's immigration minister summoned some 20 local government heads for a meeting on Wednesday to demand that they step up deportations of illegal migrants. Immigration Minister … Continue reading

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EU Panel Wants Maximum 18-Month Period For Detention Of Illegal Immigrants

EU panel wants maximum 18-month period for detention of illegal immigrants The Associated Press Published: September 12, 2007 BRUSSELS, Belgium: European Union parliamentarians took the first crack Wednesday at defining common EU rules for illegal immigration, recommending that illegals be … Continue reading

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Sri Lankan Asylum Seekers Declared Refugees

Sri Lankan asylum seekers declared refugees By Alison Caldwell ABC News Posted Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:19pm AEST Updated Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:53pm AEST Seventy-two Sri Lankans who have been held in detention on the Pacific island of Nauru … Continue reading

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Contentious Visas Gain MP’s Backing

Contentious visas gain MPs' backing Jewel Topsfield The Age (Melbourne) September 12, 2007 A BIPARTISAN parliamentary inquiry into temporary skilled migration will not recommend significant changes to the controversial 457 visa program, despite revelations of employer exploitation and mistreatment of … Continue reading

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Immigrant Groups Launch Western Union Boycott

Immigrant groups launch Western Union boycott Immigrant advocates say it charges exorbitant fees for money transfers while failing to reinvest in the community. By Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer September 11, 2007 Four months ago, Gwen Gampon wired … Continue reading

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Illegal Immigrants From India On The Rise: Experts Say Many Come To U.S. Illegally, Overstay Visas

Illegal immigrants from India on the rise Experts say many come to U.S. legally, overstay visas By JAMES PINKERTON Sept. 11, 2007, 12:47PM Houston Chronicle The fastest-growing group of illegal immigrants in the United States doesn't speak Spanish. They typically … Continue reading

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Governors Throw Support Behind H-1B Increase

Governors throw support behind H-1B increase Posted by Anne Broache CNETNews.com September 11, 2007 3:06 PM PDT A congressional push this year for an increase in the H-1B visas coveted by Silicon Valley companies seemingly evaporated with the death of … Continue reading

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Head Named For Immigration Panel

Head named for immigration panel BBC News Last Updated: Tuesday, 11 September 2007, 15:44 GMT 16:44 UK Industrial relations expert Sir David Metcalf is to head up a new panel which will advise ministers on the economy's need for immigrants … Continue reading

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Immigrant Unemployment Most Acute In Quebec

Immigrant unemployment most acute in Quebec TAVIA GRANT From Tuesday's Globe and Mail September 11, 2007 at 5:01 AM EDT Newcomers are facing severe challenges finding work in Quebec, while they tend to gain employment much more easily in Manitoba … Continue reading

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Border Watchdog Group Keeping Tabs On Government Progress

Border watchdog group keeping tabs on government progress Sep 10, 2007 06:20 PM KVOA News Tucson With the start of an engine, a government watchdog group takes to the skies. “We've heard all this talk about beefing up the border,” … Continue reading

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Congress Examines Immigration Enforcement Efforts

Congress Examines Immigration Enforcement Efforts www.HSToday.US September 10, 2007 Congress will raise questions about the Bush administration's immigration enforcement efforts again this week as the Senate holds a second confirmation hearing for Julie Myers, acting assistant secretary for Immigration and … Continue reading

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Non-Irish Using Fake Marriages In Bid To Secure Legal Residency

Non-Irish using fake marriages in bid to secure legal residency Independent.IE Monday September 10 2007 Five hundred of the 3,000 applications lodged by non-Irish married couples, who want to live here, were from failed asylum seekers, it emerged last night. … Continue reading

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Citizenship Test Passes Senate

Citizenship test passes Senate The Age (Melbourne) September 10, 2007 – 7:54PM The Senate has approved the federal government's new Australian citizenship tests, requiring applicants to correctly answer questions on the country's history, geography, government and traditions. On the first … Continue reading

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New Border Fence Rising

New border fence rising Despite opposition groups' objections, federal officials are fast-tracking construction of barriers By Brady McCombs Arizona Daily Star Tucson, Arizona | Published: 09.09.2007 Primary fencing along Arizona's stretch of the U.S.-Mexican border will more than triple to … Continue reading

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Immigrants Projected To Propel U.S. Population Growth

Immigrants Projected to Propel U.S. Population Growth By Gary Feuerberg Epoch Times Washington, D.C. Staff Sep 09, 2007 WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. population, now at 301 million, is on course to become 468 million in 2060a 167 million increase. The majority … Continue reading

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Taxes Drive More Out Of UK

Taxes drive more out of UK David Smith From The Sunday Times September 9, 2007 TWO people in every five are either planning to move abroad or have seriously considered doing so, according to a new poll. The poll, carried … Continue reading

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German Suspects Had Deadline For Attacks: Report

German Suspects Had Deadline For Attacks: Report By REUTERS Published: September 8, 2007 BERLIN (Reuters) – Three suspected Islamist militants who were planning to attack American targets in Germany had orders to act by September 15 and knew police were … Continue reading

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German Case Offered Alleged Earful

German case offered alleged earful (Photo: Oberschledorn, a resort village, is where the three alleged plotters, later arrested, were reportedly heard talking nearly nonstop about potential bombing targets and suicide attacks.The three suspected would-be car bombers reportedly talked nonstop while … Continue reading

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