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Zimbabwean Students Expelled For Mugabe Ties

Zimbabwean students expelled for Mugabe ties Nick Butterly and Andrew Probyn The Age (Melbourne) August 17, 2007 EIGHT university students whose parents work for the despotic regime of Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe are to be kicked out of Australia. The … Continue reading

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Fresh Stoush Over Haneef Interview

Fresh stoush over Haneef interview Cosima Marriner, Brisbane The Age (Melbourne) August 17, 2007 THE Australian Federal Police is trying to suppress former terrorism suspect Mohamed Haneef's second interview with authorities, although Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews has already selectively quoted … Continue reading

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CFMEU Says Migrant Laws Not Tough Enough

CFMEU says migrant laws not tough enough The Age (Melbourne) August 16, 2007 – 8:19PM A major union has welcomed the introduction of laws which slap penalties on employers who put illegal migrant workers on the payroll. But the Construction … Continue reading

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Govt Releases Latest Migration Figures

Govt releases latest migration figures The Age (Melbourne) August 16, 2007 – 2:24PM Almost 150,000 foreigners were granted permanent visas to live in Australia last year, with two-thirds of them skilled migrants. Britain (24,800), India (15,865), China (14,688), South Africa … Continue reading

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Hanson ‘Sick Of Muslims’

Hanson 'sick of Muslims' The Age (Melbourne) August 16, 2007 – 9:48AM Senate candidate Pauline Hanson has urged federal parliament to hold a moratorium on the number of Muslims entering Australia. The right-wing former One Nation leader is seeking to … Continue reading

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Iraqis Do Not Get Automatic Asylum: Govt

Iraqis do not get automatic asylum: govt The Age (Melbourne) August 16, 2007 – 5:59AM Iraqis seeking asylum in Australia will not automatically be granted protection by the federal government, Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer says. Three Iraqi diplomats and … Continue reading

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UK Unemployment And Earnings Growth Both Fall

UK unemployment and earnings growth both fall Ashley Seager Wednesday August 15, 2007 Guardian Unlimited Unemployment fell in Britain in the latest three months while growth in average earnings slumped to a four-year low, official data showed this morning, showing … Continue reading

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Hanson Fights For Right To Party

Hanson fights for right to party The Age (Melbourne) August 15, 2007 – 11:39AM Right-wing firebrand Pauline Hanson has applied to register a new political party ahead of the upcoming federal election. The former One Nation leader, who hopes to … Continue reading

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Conservatives Tackle Forced Marriages

Conservatives tackle forced marriages By Graeme Wilson, Political Correspondent The Telegraph Last Updated: 2:38am BST 14/08/2007 Tough rules to stop British Asian women being pushed into forced marriages abroad were unveiled by the Conservatives yesterday. Around 300 cases are reported … Continue reading

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ID Cards Could Be A Big Brother Tax Trap

ID cards 'could be a Big Brother tax trap' By Christopher Hope, Whitehall Editor The Telegraph Last Updated: 2:35am BST 14/08/2007 Identity cards could provide a back door for the taxman to snoop on people's affairs using a database of … Continue reading

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Illegal South Australia Workers To Be Deported

Illegal South Australia workers to be deported Austalian Broadcasting Corporation Posted Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:01pm AEST The federal Immigration Minister says 39 illegal workers found in South Australia's Riverland and Adelaide will be returned to their home countries. Kevin … Continue reading

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Aussie Barred From Indonesian Conference

Aussie barred from Indonesian conference The Age (Melbourne) August 12, 2007 – 4:29PM Indonesia has barred the entry of an Australian man connected with the conservative Islamic group Hizb ut-Tarhir (HT) ahead of a large conference on Sunday in Jakarta. … Continue reading

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IT Project In Hot Water Over IBM Role

IT project in hot water over IBM role By Sylvia Pfeifer, Sunday Telegraph Last Updated: 11:17pm BST 11/08/2007 The Government's flagship IT programme designed to tackle illegal immigration was facing controversy last night after it emerged that IBM, the American … Continue reading

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Border Patrol Filling Its Ranks

Border Patrol filling its ranks By Jerry Seper The Washington Times August 10, 2007 The man who oversees the U.S. Border Patrol says the agency will meet President Bush's hiring goal of 6,000 new agents by the end of 2008, … Continue reading

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Bush To Propose Tighter Migrant Work Rules

Bush to propose tighter migrant work rules Larger employer fines and thousands more border agents are part of the initiative. By Nicole Gaouette, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer August 10, 2007 WASHINGTON — The Bush administration plans to announce a … Continue reading

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Is This A Plumber I See Before Me? Poles Take Centre Stage Without The Stereotypes

Is this a plumber I see before me? Poles take centre stage without the stereotypes This year there are a record number of shows by one of Edinburghs largest immigrant populations. Our correspondent meets the artists who are determined to … Continue reading

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Dewinter Insists On Anti-Islam Protest

Dewinter insists on anti-Islam protest Expatica News 10 August 2007 BRUSSELS – Filip Dewinter (of far-right Vlaams Belang) says he will ignore the ban imposed by Brussels mayor Freddy Thielemans on a demonstration planned in Brussels for 11 September protesting … Continue reading

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Protest Against "Islamization" Banned

Protest against “Islamisation” banned Expatica News 10 August 2007 BRUSSELS (AFP) – Brussels mayor Freddy Thielemans has banned a protest against the “Islamisation” of Europe planned for 11 September, the anniversary of the suicide attacks on the US, his spokesman … Continue reading

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Hearing Sought On Islamic, Mexican Ties

Hearing sought on Islamic, Mexican ties Rep. Ed Royce, California Republican, said recent reports expose U.S. vulnerability. By Sara A. Carter August 9, 2007 A ranking House Republican yesterday demanded a hearing based on recent reports that Islamic terrorists embedded … Continue reading

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Britain Employs 600 Iraqis Who Might Need Asylum, Not 20,000

Britain employs 600 Iraqis who might need asylum, not 20,000 Richard Beeston, Deborah Haynes and Michael Evans The Times Online August 9, 2007 Six hundred Iraqis would be eligible to settle in Britain if asylum regulations were relaxed for those … Continue reading

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