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The Great Divide Widens Between Rich and Poor

The great divide widens between rich and poor One million live in neighborhoods that are going down in socioeconomic status Marianne Takacs Staff Reporter Thestar.com Published On Tue Oct 05 2010 While many in Toronto have been surprised by the … Continue reading

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139,000 Immigrants Beat The Jobs Crunch : But Number Of Britons In Work Drops By 654,000

139,000 immigrants beat the jobs crunch: But number of Britons in work drops by 654,000 By Steve Doughty Mailonline Last updated at 7:26 PM on 5th October 2010 Migrant workers have continued to flow into the country during the recession … Continue reading

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Year’s 100th Boat Stopped

Year's 100th boat stopped Yuko Narushima The Age October 5, 2010 THE 100th boat of asylum seekers to reach Australia this year was intercepted off Christmas Island yesterday, carrying 71 asylum seekers. The opposition said the government continued to founder … Continue reading

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Immigrant Leaders Call For Talks After Violence In Australian City

Immigrant Leaders Call for Talks After Violence in Australian City Phil Mercer VOA NEWS Sydney 05 October 2010 Police in South Australia are blaming tensions within the African immigrant community for a wild brawl in Adelaide. Immigrant leaders are calling … Continue reading

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Canada : Hard To Deport Criminal Migrants

Canada: Hard to deport criminal migrants TORONTO, Oct. 4 (UPI) — Canada is home to dozens of foreign criminals who may never be deported because their own countries won't take them back, officials said. An Iranian held in a Canadian … Continue reading

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Colleges Protest Over Visa ‘Misunderstanding’

Colleges protest over visa 'misunderstanding' College principals say immigration minister's remark about visas reveals lack of insight into further education Louise Tickle guardian.co.uk, Monday 4 October 2010 16.30 BST Recent blunt comments by the immigration minister, Damian Green, that international … Continue reading

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Canada Wants Crackdown On Indian Immigration Consultant

Canada wants crackdown on Indian immigration consultant By Ricky Westhead The Star, October 4, 2010 http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/870053–canada-wants-crackdown-on-scamming-indian-immigration-consultant Sandeep Ohri is a dashing 42-year-old who revels in zipping through the traffic chaos in his gleaming Mercedes, passing billboards touting him as the … Continue reading

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Elite Unit Hunts Immigration Offenders

Elite unit hunts immigration offenders The Toronto Sun, October 4, 2010 http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/10/03/15566956.html Three dangerous immigration offenders are being rounded up each week in the Toronto-area by a heavily-armed joint-forces Immigration Task Force headed by the RCMP. The elite unit was … Continue reading

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Double-Deportee Jailed For Immigration Violation

Double-deportee jailed for immigration violation By Jane Seyd North Shore News October 3, 2010 A failed refugee claimant who hopped on a cruise ship and returned to Canada after he was deported has been jailed for six months by a … Continue reading

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Ottawa Gets Cracking On Marriage Fraud

Ottawa Gets Cracking On Marriage Fraud By R. Paul Dhillon The Link October 2, 2010 Among the measures being considered by the federal immigration department is a conditional visa where the sponsored spouse has to pass a probationary period to … Continue reading

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Canadian Defence Chief Pulls Imam’s Speech

Canadian defense chief pulls imam's speech (AFP) October 2, 2010 OTTAWA—-Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay has canceled a planned speech by the head of the Canadian Islamic Congress over charges the group holds extremist views, prompting an angry response. The … Continue reading

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Illegal Immigrants Deported By Plane Hits A High

llegal immigrants deported by plane hits a high By Dennis Wagner The Arizona Republic, October 1, 2010 http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2010/10/01/20101001illegal-immigrants-return-to-mexico-repatriation-flights.html#ixzz117WANl60 A record 23,384 illegal Mexican immigrants voluntarily accepted flights back to their homeland from Arizona this summer under a repatriation program created … Continue reading

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No Opt-Out For Immigration Enforcement

No opt-out for immigration enforcement By Shankar Vedantam The Washington Post, October 1, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/30/AR2010093007268.html The Obama administration is making it virtually impossible for Arlington County, the District and other jurisdictions to refuse to participate in a controversial immigration enforcement … Continue reading

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Send Migrants Back : Lobby Group

Send migrants back: lobby group 'They are queue-jumpers,' ex-diplomat says By Norma Greenaway Postmedia News September 29, 2010 People who pay smugglers to get them to Canada are not innocent victims, and the federal government should be more aggressive about … Continue reading

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Canada Immigration Policy Critics Call For Overhaul

Canada immigration policy critics call for overhaul By John McCrank Reuters Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:13pm E OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada must overhaul its immigration and refugee system or risk overwhelming social services and driving up unemployment, a new lobby … Continue reading

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Seeking Immigration Review, New Centre Focuses On ‘Moral Contracts’

Seeking immigration review, new centre focuses on 'moral contracts' John Ibbitson Ottawa From Tuesday's Globe and Mail Published Monday, Sep. 27, 2010 10:25PM EDT Last updated Tuesday, Sep. 28, 2010 7:48AM EDT 172 comments Political correctness is stifling debate over … Continue reading

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Colbert Sparks Debate About ‘Expert’ Celebrities

Colbert sparks debate about 'expert' celebrities By Laurie Kellman The Associated Press, September 28, 2010 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gFW9Eg7mYwBj8U4iMymuYieQ_UvwD9IGSL6O0?docId=D9IGSL6O0 There are congressional hearings and there are comedy shows, and the twain rarely meet. So when a House panel on immigration combined them on … Continue reading

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Lawmakers Face Immigration Issue

Lawmakers face immigration issue By Sheil Byrd The Associated Press, September 28, 2010 http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20100928/OPINION/9280301 Hearings set for this week at the state Capitol on immigration-enforcement proposals could be a preview of how contentious the topic will be next session. Several … Continue reading

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2006: Migrants’ Remittances: The Good And The Bad

Columnists Posted on Thu, Sep. 28, 2006email thisprint this THE OPPENHEIMER REPORT Migrants' remittances: the good and the bad Andres Oppenheimer aoppenheimer@MiamiHerald.com When mayors of about a dozen Latin American and Caribbean cities met in Miami this week to exchange … Continue reading

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New Lobby Group Aims To Stir Serious Debate On Immigration Levels

New lobby group aims to stir serious debate on immigration levels By Norma Greenaway Postmedia News September 27, 2010 OTTAWA—-The federal government should consider cutting the number of immigrants accepted in Canada and avert the kind of anti-immigrant sentiment wave … Continue reading

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