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Migrants With TB Should Be Sent Home, Say Tories

Migrants with TB should be sent home, say Tories This Is London.co.uk 28.06.07 Migrants from 130 countries with a high risk of TB are being cleared to live in Britain without any health checks, it has emerged. Once here, those … Continue reading

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ID Scans To Secure Borders By 2008

ID scans to secure UK borders by 2008 June 28, 2007 Contractor UK Hi-tech scanners that read biometric passports will be installed in all major British airports by the end of the year, in line with government plans. Lin Homer, … Continue reading

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Britain Seeks International Co-operation Against Illegal Migration

Britain Seeks International Co-operation Against Illegal Migration Reveals British High Commission in Banjul Thursday 28th June 2007 The Point Gambia The British High Commission in Banjul yesterday issued a press release to convey its governments resolve and considered method to … Continue reading

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Spain Provides 19 Million Euros For Development Programs In Guinea-Bissau

Spain provides 19 million euros for development programs in Guinea Bissau Macau Hub 2007-06-28 Bissau, Guinea Bissau, 28 June Spain has provided 19 million euros to support development programs in Guinea Bissau, as a way of preventing illegal immigration of … Continue reading

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Shift In Migrant Mix

Shift in migrant mix The Herald Sun June 28, 2007 12:00am AUSTRALIA'S international make-up is changing, with fewer Europeans calling Australia home and more Asians and Africans settling Down Under. The census shows more than one in five Australians were … Continue reading

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Australia To Establish Migrant Assessment Centre In India

Australia to establish migrant assessment centre in India The Times of India 27 Jun 2007, 2009 hrs IST, IANS SYDNEY: If you have the right skills and qualifications, you could make Australia home sooner than ever. The government here is … Continue reading

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Government To Interview Nauru Detainees

Government to interview Nauru detainees Peter Gregory The Age (Melbourne) June 27, 2007 – 12:33PM Immigration officers will next month interview seven Burmese asylum seekers detained in Nauru, a High Court judge has been told. The men, who were dropped … Continue reading

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Illegal Immigrants May Have Exploited Lax ID Screening

Illegal immigrants may have exploited lax ID screening 5:00AM Wednesday June 27, 2007 The Sydney Morning Herald By Claire Trevett Immigrants may have slipped into New Zealand illegally because of gaps in systems for discovering identity fraud, the Government has … Continue reading

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Swimmers Seek Asylum

Swimmers seek asylum Dewi Cooke The Age (Melbourne) June 27, 2007 SEVEN African swimmers who disappeared after the FINA World Swimming Championships in Melbourne have applied for asylum in Australia. Three competitors and one official from Burundi, two swimmers from … Continue reading

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One Wedding In Four A "Sham" By Migrants

ONE WEDDING IN FOUR A 'SHAM' BY MIGRANTS The Daly Express Tuesday June 26,2007 ONE in four weddings in some parts of Britain until 2005 could have been a sham to get around immigration rules, a report says. Hundreds of … Continue reading

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One In Ten Among Britain’s Population Was Born Abroad

One in ten among Britains population was born abroad Richard Ford From The Times June 26, 2007 Foreign-born people now make up almost one in ten of the population after a decade of high levels of immigration, according to a … Continue reading

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Albayrak Wants List Of Illegal Aliens (The Netherlands)

Albayrak wants list of illegal aliens (The Netherlands) Expatica News 26 June 2007 THE HAGUE State secretary for justice Nebahat Albayrak has asked mayors to submit a list of failed asylum seekers who have signed up for the amnesty scheme … Continue reading

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Ministers Sign For A Naturalization Exam (The Netherlands)

Ministers Sign For a Naturalisation Exam The Daily Herald St. Maarten June 26, 2007 THE HAGUE–Dutch Justice Minister Ernst Minister Hirsch Ballin and Justice Minister David Dick signed the documents regulating introduction of the naturalization exam for the Netherlands Antilles. … Continue reading

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Fast Track For Skilled Immigrants

Fast track for skilled migrants Mark Davis Political Correspondent The Sydney Morning Herald June 26, 2007 SKILLED workers migrating to Australia will be fast-tracked under a Federal Government plan to set up skills assessment centres in several countries. The Government … Continue reading

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Jobs Prove Fatal For Visa Holders

Jobs prove fatal for visa holders Philip Cornford The Sydney Morning Herald June 25, 2007 TWO Filipinos and one Chinese man in Australia on controversial 457 “guest worker” visas have been killed in work accidents in the past month, a … Continue reading

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CFMEU Politicising Visa Deaths: Andrews

CFMEU politicising visa deaths: Andrews The Age (Melbourne) June 25, 2007 – 3:19PM Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews has accused a major union of using the deaths of three foreign visa workers for political advantage. The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy … Continue reading

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Travellers To Face Summer Of Long Delays At Stansted

Travellers to face summer of long delays at Stansted Dan Milmo Monday June 25, 2007 The Guardian The civil servant in charge of immigration has warned that security must take priority over airport queues, amid estimates that passengers arriving at … Continue reading

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Record Year To Leaving Sweden

Record Year to Leaving Sweden Radio Sweden International June 25, 2007 Although 2006 was a record year for immigration to Sweden, people also left the country at a rate not seen since the end of the nineteenth century. According to … Continue reading

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Carey Urges Immigration Control

Carey urges immigration control BBC News June 24, 2007 Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has called for tighter controls on immigration when Gordon Brown becomes prime minister. He told the BBC the issue would “not go away” and that … Continue reading

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Row Over Asylum Hostel’s Future

Row over asylum hostel's future BBC News June 22, 2007 Plans to turn an asylum hostel into an immigration removal centre could damage regeneration prospects in a coastal town, two councils and a Kent MP claim. The Nayland Rock Hotel, … Continue reading

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