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Canada To Make It Easier For Live-In Caregivers From Abroad To Obtain Residency

Canada to make it easier for live-in caregivers from abroad to obtain residency By Norma Greenaway Canwest News Service December 11, 2009 OTTAWA—-Domestic caregivers recruited from abroad could find it easier to obtain permanent resident status in Canada under new … Continue reading

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U.S. Official : Pakistan Expected To Deport U.S. Youths

US official: Pakistan expected to deport US youths By Matthew Lee The Associated Press, December 11, 2009 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hVK3fKcRLTbOlmPcy-lxuL8D6yjQD9CH6IR80 Washington, DC (AP) — A senior State Department official says the U.S. expects that Pakistani authorities will deport five young Americans they … Continue reading

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Lawmakers Seek Changes To Open Records Law

Lawmakers seek changes to open records law By Cathy Mckitrick The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City), December 11, 2009 http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_13980446 Utah's open-records law, known by the nickname GRAMA, may undergo a significant makeover, if two bills being readied for … Continue reading

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Nearly 300 Deported In Major California Operation

Nearly 300 deported in major California operation (AFP) December 11, 2009 LOS ANGELES—-Nearly 300 foreign nationals with criminal records have been deported from the United States or face removal after a three-day immigration enforcement operation, officials said Friday. US Immigration … Continue reading

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Pakistanis Most Likely To Be Turned Down For UK Visas

Pakistanis most likely to be turned down for UK visas The Home Office dismisses claims of discrimination over the applications BBC News Page last updated at 12:33 GMT, Friday, 11 December 2009 Pakistanis are more likely to be turned down … Continue reading

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The European Dream : Made In Africa

The European dream: made in Africa By Martijn van Tol Radio Netherlands Published on : 11 December 2009 – 4:48pm | The streets are paved with gold and money grows on trees. As soon as you arrive you can start … Continue reading

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Andrews Calls For Debate On Slashing Immigration

Andrews call for debate on slashing immigration MISHA SCHUBERT The Age December 11, 2009 SENIOR Opposition frontbencher Kevin Andrews has called for a debate on slashing Australia's immigration from 180,000 people a year to a ''starting point'' of just 35,000. … Continue reading

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Unemployed Natives Available For Work—Report Finds Huge Number of Less-Educated Americans Not Working

Unemployed Natives Available for Work Report Finds Huge Number of Less-Educated Americans Not Working Center For Immigration Studies Contact: Steven Camarota, 202-466-8185, sac@cis.org WASHINGTON (December 10, 2009) The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) has released a new study detailing the … Continue reading

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Corruption Hinders Efforts To Combat People-Smuggling

Corruption hinders efforts to combat people-smuggling TOM ALLARD Sydney Morning Herald December 10, 2009 JAKARTA: Hundreds of asylum seekers have escaped Indonesian immigration detention centres and boarded boats to Australia this year amid widespread bribe-taking by guards and the brutal … Continue reading

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Kiwis Packing Bags, Leaving Australia

Kiwis packing bags, leaving Australia KARLIS SALNA AAP December 10, 2009 It hardly seems fair. The Wallabies are struggling with a Kiwi at the helm, while the New Zealand cricket team looks destined for great things. Our neighbours across the … Continue reading

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Christmas Island Detention Center Almost Full

Christmas Island detention centre almost full ABC NEWS Posted Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:47pm AEDT Updated Thu Dec 10, 2009 7:45pm AEDT The immigration detention centre on Christmas Island is nearly at capacity with the arrival of another boat last … Continue reading

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Another Asylum-Seeker Boat Intercepted

Another asylum seeker boat intercepted AAP December 10, 2009 A boat believed to be carrying 53 suspected asylum seekers has been intercepted near Christmas Island. The patrol boat HMAS Broome, operating under the control of Border Protection Command, intercepted the … Continue reading

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UK Tightens Rules For IT Pros

UK tightens visa rules for Indian IT pros India Times 9 Dec, 2009, 1652 hrs IST,PTI LONDON: Britain has tightened immigration rules from January for Indian IT professionals seeking to move to the UK under inter-company transfers. From next year, … Continue reading

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Population Boom Is A ‘Spectre’, Says Alan Johnson

Population boom is a 'spectre', says Alan Johnson Richard Ford, Home Correspondent From Times Online December 9, 2009 44 Comments Mr Johnson said that earlier projections by the ONS had been inaccurate Britain is being terrorised by official projections that … Continue reading

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Number Of Missing Migrant Children Up

Number of missing migrant children up MARIE O'HALLORAN The Irish Times Wednesday, December 9, 2009 FIVE MIGRANT children have gone missing each month this year, twice as many as for all of last year, the Dil has heard. Fine Gael … Continue reading

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Indonesia To Outlaw People-Smuggling

Indonesia to outlaw people smuggling ADAM GARTRELL AAP December 9, 2009 Indonesia says it will finally move to outlaw people smuggling next year. Indonesian officials have told Australian Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor that the long-awaited but much-delayed legislation will … Continue reading

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China Tops Migration Queue To Australia

China tops migration queue to Australia By Greg Ansley NZHerald 4:00 AM Wednesday Dec 9, 2009 The new reluctance of Kiwis to desert hearth and home has helped propel China to the top of Australia's migration queue. For the first … Continue reading

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Immigration By The Numbers

Immigration by the numbers The Hamilton Spectator December 08, 2009 35 new Canadian citizens were sworn in yesterday. They came to Canada from Australia, Colombia, Croatia, England, Germany, Ghana, India, Italy, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Azores, Tajikistan, United States, Cambodia and … Continue reading

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Refugee Who Fears Fatwa Gets Reprieve

Refugee who fears fatwa gets reprieve Changed Religion Graeme Hamilton National Post Published: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 A Federal Court judge has granted a temporary reprieve to a failed refugee claimant who says he fears his father, a fundamentalist imam … Continue reading

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Number Of Foreigners In UK Hits Record 6.7 Million

Number of foreigners in UK hits record 6.7m BBC News Page last updated at 22:35 GMT, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 The number of people from overseas living in the UK reached a record high of 6.7 million last year, the … Continue reading

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