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Conservatives Announce Plans For New Immigration Regulator

Conservatives announce plans for new immigration regulator Minister unveils legislation aimed at cleaning up immigration consulting while professional body seeks to step into new role Joe Friesen Demographics Reporter Wednesday's Globe and Mail Published on Tuesday, Jun. 08, 2010 9:37PM … Continue reading

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British Plans To Expel Afghan Child Refugees Under Attack

British plans to expel Afghan child refugees under attack M & C Jun 8, 2010, 15:59 GMT London – Britain is working with other European countries to facilitate the return of unaccompanied child asylum seekers to Afghanistan under plans criticized … Continue reading

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On Migrants, Balls "Is To Right Of Enoch Powell" : Tories Condemn Would-Be Labour Leader

On migrants, Balls 'is to right of Enoch Powell': Tories condemn would-be Labour leader By Gerri Peev Mail Online Last updated at 8:15 AM on 8th June 2010 Ed Balls has been compared to maverick right-wing MP Enoch Powell after … Continue reading

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Canadians With Dual Citizenship Warned Of Risk When Travelling Abroad

Canadians with dual citizenship warned of risks when travelling abroad The Canadian Press June 07, 2010 12:55 p.m. OTTAWA – The federal government is warning Canadians with dual citizenship of the risks they could face when travelling abroad, and is … Continue reading

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Ed Balls : Brown Failed To Heed My Warning On Immigration

Ed Balls: Brown failed to heed my warning on immigration The Labour leadership contender Ed Balls claimed that he had warned Gordon Brown for 18 months that he needed to address voter concerns over immigration and indicated his Gillian Duffy … Continue reading

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Far-Right Anti-Islam Party Set To Double Seats In Dutch Election

Far-right anti-Islam party set to double seats in Dutch election Telegraph.com Published: 7:00AM BST 07 Jun 2010 The far-right Party for Freedom, which has campaigned on a ticket of ending the “Islamic invasion”, is expected to double its representation in … Continue reading

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People Could Be Threat To Ecology

People could be threat to ecology JOSH GORDON The Age June 6, 2010 http://www.theage.com.au/national/people-could-be-threat-to-ecology-20100605-xlxz.html The Rudd government will consider adding ''human population growth'' to a key list of ecological threats that underpins Australia's environmental laws. Environment Minister Peter Garrett has … Continue reading

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Economic Slump Hits Population

Economic slump hits population By Tim Colebatch The Age (Melbourne), June 5, 2010 Australia's population boom is deflating fast. Net long-term arrivals in Australia have slumped 25 per cent in recent months, with arrivals of permanent settlers down to a … Continue reading

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Details Of Controversial PEI Immigrant Program Will Remain Private

Details of controversial P.E.I. immigrant program will remain private Provincial Nominee Program offered Canadian visas to immigrants who invested $200,000 on the Island with some of the money going to companies who hired the immigrants The Canadian Press, June 4, … Continue reading

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Arizona Governor Brewer Wants Separating Fence Completed

Ariz. Gov. Brewer wants separating fence completed By Suzanne Gamboa The Associated Press, June 4, 2010 http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/ariz-gov-brewer-wants-541526.html WASHINGTON—-Facing off over illegal immigration, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer told President Barack Obama that Americans 'want our border secured' and called Thursday for … Continue reading

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Nevada Officials Defend Early Release Program To Deport Illegal Immigrant Prison Inmates

Nevada Officials Defend Early Release Program To Deport Illegal Immigrant Prison Inmates By Sean Whaley The Nevada News Bureau, June 4, 2010 http://www.lvtsg.com/imho/2010/06/nevada-officials-defend-early-release-program-to-deport-illegal-immigrant-prison-inmates/ Nevada Supreme Court Justice James Hardesty said a program the state initiated a few years ago to … Continue reading

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National Debate Over Arizona Law Shifts To Local Stage, Campaign Trail

National Debate Over Arizona Law Shifts to Local Stage, Campaign Trail FOXNews.com, June 4, 2010 http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/04/national-debate-arizona-law-shifts-local-stage-campaign-trail/ The debate over Arizona's immigration law is reverberating on Main Streets across the country, as national attention on the policy has led some cities … Continue reading

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Ex-Mayor Offers Dutch Voters Return To Tolerance

Ex-mayor offers Dutch voters return to tolerance By Arthur Max The Associated Press, June 4, 2010 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gCT2SPInaRW_ZLAc_Gj-vs1gGKYgD9G4EML81 AMSTERDAM—-Job Cohen is out to make a point. At a time when male-dominated political parties preach anti-Islam exclusion, the message of the Dutch … Continue reading

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French Interior Minister Convicted of Racial Insult

French interior minister convicted of racial insult Agence France Presse, June 4, 2010 http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/french-news/french-interior-minister-convicted-of-racial-insult_73723.html A court convicted France's Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux on Friday of making a racial insult about a young man of Arab origin. The Paris court fined … Continue reading

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Australia To Overhaul Temporary Migrant Visa Program

Australia To Overhaul Temporary Migrant Visa Program By Rachel Pannett Dow Jones Newswires, June 4, 2010 http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=201006040031dowjonesdjonline000004&title =australia-to-overhaul-temporary-migrant-visa-program CANBERRA -(Dow Jones)- Australia's government unveiled plans Friday to overhaul its migrant visa program, starting by halving the range of temporary work … Continue reading

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Immigration Minister Uses Veto Rarely

Immigration minister uses veto rarely Australian Associated Press, June 4, 2010 http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/immigration- minister-uses-veto-rarely-20100604-xkli.html Immigration Minister Chris Evans says he would very, very rarely use his new powers to veto skilled migration applications. The Senate legal and constitutional affairs committee is … Continue reading

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Christmas Island Exodus To Mainland

Christmas Island Exodus to Mainland By Paul Maley and Paige Taylor The Australian, June 4, 2010 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/christmas-island-exodus-to-mainland/story-e6frgczf-1225875247579 More than 700 Afghan and Sri Lankan boatpeople could be flown from Christmas Island in what would be the largest transfer of asylum-seekers … Continue reading

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Desert Sees Rich Pickings In Asylum Influx

Desert sees rich pickings in asylum influx By Paige Taylor The Australian, June 4, 2010 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/desert-sees-rich- pickings-in-asylum-influx/story-e6frg6nf-1225875244983 Desert publican Robbie Johnson cannot wait for immigration workers to start spending their wages in his bar when they arrive with 30 asylum-seeker … Continue reading

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Failed Iraq asylum seekers screened for forced deportation

Failed Iraq asylum seekers screened for forced deportation Iraqi officials undertaking procedure in UK despite UN opposing forced returns to Baghdad By Owen Bowcott The Guardian (U.K.), June 3, 2010 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/03/iraq-asylum-seekers-forced-deportation Iraqi officials are screening failed Iraqi asylum seekers in … Continue reading

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Arizona Governor, Obama Face Off

Arizona governor, Obama face off Scant progress on immigration By Stephen Dinan The Washington Times, June 3, 2010 http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/3/arizona-governor-obama-face-off/ Inside the Oval Office on Thursday, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer went head-to-head with President Obama as she demanded he take more … Continue reading

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