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Jobs List Will Dash Hopes Of Residency

Jobs list will dash hopes of residency By Guy Healy The Australian, March 10, 2010 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/jobs-list-will-dash-hopes-of-residency/story-e6frgcjx-1225838864401 The migration hopes of hundreds of thousands of overseas students will be dashed if a draft list of migration-preferred occupations is adopted, immigration agent … Continue reading

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Coleman: No Need To Limit Student Entry

Coleman: No need to limit student entry The New Zealand Herald, March 10, 2010 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10630968 New Zealand has no plans to follow Britain in limiting the number of student visas, because the Government has taken action to close potential policy … Continue reading

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Study Visa Opens The Door To NZ

Study visa opens the door to NZ By Lincoln Tan The New Zealand Herald, March 10, 2010 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/education/news/article.cfm?c_id=35&objectid=10630967 Migrants are using student visas as a more certain method of staying in New Zealand – and the number of cases is … Continue reading

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Minorities To Rise Significantly By 2031: Stats Can

Minorities to rise significantly by 2031: StatsCan CBC News Last Updated: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 | 4:42 PM ET Comments 1251 Recommend274 About one-third of Canada's population up to 14.4 million people will be a visible minority by 2031, Statistics … Continue reading

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Tower Block Suicide Trio ‘Tied Together With Rope’

Tower block suicide trio 'tied together with rope' Melanie Reid From The Times March 9, 2010 Three people who killed themselves by leaping from the 15th floor balcony of a Glasgow tower block are reported to have tied themselves together … Continue reading

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Europe Deports More Iraqis

Europe Deports More Iraqis U.N. Refugee Agency Criticizes Some Nations for Tightening Policies; 'I'm Going to Get Killed' BY MATTHEW DALTON Wall Street Journal MARCH 9, 2010 European governments that welcomed tens of thousands of refugees from Iraq after the … Continue reading

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One Fifth Of Private Colleges Are Visa Factories

One-fifth of private colleges are visa factories – Baird The Australian Associated Press, March 9, 2010 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/news/one-fifth-of-private-colleges-are-visa-factories-baird/story-e6frg90f-1225838798896 About a fifth of private colleges aim to give international students a visa, not an education, the author of a new report into … Continue reading

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Rudd, SBY To Hold Talks On People Smuggling

Rudd, SBY to hold talks on people smuggling The ABC News (Australia), March 9, 2010 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/10/2841315.htm The president is on a three day visit to Australia that includes stops in Canberra and Sydney. Before the address to Parliament he will … Continue reading

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Tories’ Committment To Refugee Reforms Questioned

Tories' commitment to refugee reforms questioned Federal budget provides no funding to change 'broken' system for asylum seekers Campbell Clark Globe and Mail March 8, 2010 OTTAWA—-From Monday's Globe and Mail Published on Monday, Mar. 08, 2010 12:00AM EST Last … Continue reading

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Migrant Workers Fear Changes To Limit Their Stay

Migrant workers fear changes to limit their stay Federal government is considering reforms that would make it harder for foreign labourers to work in Canada for more than 4 years By Linda Nguyen Canwest News Service March 8, 2010 They … Continue reading

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Men Arrested ‘Days Before Suspected UK Terror Attack’

Men arrested 'days before suspected UK terror attack' BBC NEWS March 8, 2010 Police searched a number of properties in Liverpool and Manchester Two students fighting deportation to Pakistan were arrested days before a terror strike they were planning to … Continue reading

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Proposals Could Limit Migrant Workers’ Stay In Canada

Proposals could limit migrant workers stay in Canada By Linda Nguyen Canwest News Service March 6, 2010 TORONTO—-They arrive on the promise of good jobs, fair wages and an opportunity to support their families back home. But thousands of migrant … Continue reading

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West Van Immigration Lawyer Jailed For Fraud

West Van immigration lawyer jailed for fraud By Katie Mercer The Province March 6, 2010 A West Vancouver immigration consultant will spend a year in jail after being convicted of fraud and uttering a forged document. Fereydoun Hadad, 72, was … Continue reading

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Immigant Entrepreneurs To Be Charged $2500

Immigrant entrepreneurs to be charged $2,500 CBC News Last Updated: Friday, March 5, 2010 | 8:35 AM CT Comments 33 Immigrants who want to come to Saskatchewan and set up a business will soon be charged $2,500 for that privilege. … Continue reading

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28,000 Haitians In U.S. Seek Protected Status

28,000 Haitians in U.S. seek protected status By Elizabeth Llorente The Record (Hackensack, NJ), March 5, 2010 http://www.northjersey.com/news/86498372_28_000_Haitians_in_U_S_seek_protected_status.html More than 28,000 Haitians living in the United States, including more than 800 in New Jersey, have applied for protection from deportation … Continue reading

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CIS Study Links Rising Immigrant Population To Diminished GOP Support

CIS Study Links Rising Immigrant Population To Diminished GOP Support Personal Liberty Digest, March 5, 2010 http://www.personalliberty.com/news/cis-study-links-rising-immigrant-population-to-diminished-gop-support-19646770/ As the immigration reform issue continues to create controversy among Washingtons lawmakers, the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) has released a report on … Continue reading

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Venture Capitalists Push Two-Year Visas For Immigrant Entrepreneurs

Venture capitalists push two-year visas for immigrant entrepreneurs By Kim Hart The Hill (Washington, DC), March 5, 2010 http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/85111-venture-capitalists-say-visas-for-immigrant-entrepreneurs-will-spur-job-creation Venture capitalists lobbied Capitol Hill this week to win support for legislation offering two-year visas for immigrant entrepreneurs. Legislation sponsored by … Continue reading

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Imam Admits Tipping Off New York Bomb Suspect

Imam admits tipping off New York bomb suspect Agence France Presse, March 5, 2010 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/imam-admits-tipping-off-new-york-bomb-suspect/story-fn3dxity-1225837263919 New York (AFP) — A Muslim cleric is set to be expelled from the United States after pleading guilty to lying to FBI agents when … Continue reading

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Feds : Deadly Atlanta Gang Dismantled

Feds: Deadly Atlanta Gang Dismantled Dozens Of Hispanic MS-13 Gang Members In Jail By Steve Kuzj The CBS Atlanta News, March 5, 2010 http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/22744101/detail.html Atlanta — One of Atlanta's largest and deadliest gang families is in pieces. A two-year operation … Continue reading

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French Group Seeks To Close Language Loophole

French group seeks to close language loophole Growing number of immigrants and francophones enrolling children in non-subsidized private English language schools not covered by language law prohibitions Rhal Sguin Quebec City Globe and Mail Update Published on Thursday, Mar. 04, … Continue reading

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