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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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Half A Million Came To UK After EU Expansion

Half a million came to UK after EU expansion Richard Ford, Home Correspondent From Times Online December 8, 2009 13 Comments More than half a million East Europeans came to the UK in the four years after the EU expanded … Continue reading

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300,000 Pounds In Bonuses For Immigration Officials Despite Backlog of Cases

300,000 in bonuses for immigration officials despite backlog of cases Richard Ford, Home Correspondent From The Times December 8, 2009 45 Comments Bonuses of almost 300,000 were paid to officials running the immigration service despite the discovery of another backlog … Continue reading

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Influx Of Rich Chinese Solace For UK’s Wealth Banks

Influx of rich Chinese solace for London's wealth banks Signs from high-end jewellers, real estate brokers and law firms signal arrival Chris Vellacott London Reuters Published on Tuesday, Dec. 08, 2009 12:58PM EST The fear that established clients will flee … Continue reading

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Home Office Minister Attacked After Claiming Immigration Officials Risk Lives

Home Office Minister attacked after claiming immigration officials risk lives Phil Woolas, the Home Office Minister, has been condemned after he claimed immigration officials were ''putting their lives on the line'' for the country. Telegraph.co.uk Published: 10:55AM GMT 08 Dec … Continue reading

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France ‘To Open Another Sangatte’

France 'to open another Sangatte A new welcome centre for UK bound illegal migrants is to open in Calais before the end of this year, it has emerged. By Peter Allen in Paris Telegraph.co.uk Published: 6:00AM GMT 08 Dec 2009 … Continue reading

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‘Approved Destination Status’ Invites Guests Who Overstay

'Approved destination status' invites guests who overstay Canwest News Service Kelowna.com Monday, December 7th, 2009 | 9:20 am Before everyone gets too cock-a-hoop over Beijing's agreementfinallyto grant Canada “approved destination status” for Chinese tourists, it is worth remembering one thing. … Continue reading

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State To Tap Immigrant Return Fund

State to tap immigrant return fund By Michael Brennan Political Correspondent Irish Independent Monday December 07 2009 THE Government is seeking EU funds to get illegal immigrants from Nigeria, China and Brazil to leave the country. It wants to tap … Continue reading

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Recruitment Agencies Export Thousands Of Skilled Builders

Recruitment agencies export thousands of skilled builders By Breda Heffernan Irish Independent Monday December 07 2009 RECRUITMENT agencies are now exporting thousands of construction workers they brought to Ireland in the good times. At the height of the property boom … Continue reading

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Paris’s Illegal Immigrants Fight To Live Openly

Paris's illegal immigrants fight to live openly Hundreds of people in France's biggest squat wage a vocal campaign for legal residency Susan Sachs Paris–From Tuesday's Globe and Mail Published on Monday, Dec. 07, 2009 8:47PM EST Last updated on Friday, … Continue reading

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Catholic Church Kept Vital, Thanks To Migrants

Catholic Church kept vital, thanks to migrants BARNEY ZWARTZ The Age December 7, 2009 MIGRANTS are keeping the Catholic Church in Australia vital and energetic, and also making church a more enjoyable place for Australian Catholics, the church's chief researcher … Continue reading

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Immigration Rules Result In Flood Of Bogus Students

Immigration rules result in flood of bogus students Serious flaws in immigration controls have been uncovered by The Sunday Telegraph only days after a chief government adviser called for a review of Britain's student visa system. By David Barrett, Home … Continue reading

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Ministers Told : Don’t Call Islamic Extremists ‘Extremists’

Ministers Told : Don't Call Islamic Extremists 'Extremists' By GRAEME WILSON Deputy Political Editor The Sun Published: 05 Dec 2009 Add a comment (37) MINISTERS have been BANNED from using words like Islamist and fundamentalist – in case they offend … Continue reading

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French Immigration Fears Cloud Identity Debate

French immigration fears cloud identity debate By Carole Landry (AFP) Dec 5, 2009 PARIS—President Nicolas Sarkozy insists it is a noble exercise in soul-searching about what defines Frenchness, but the national identity debate gripping France has quickly exposed fears about … Continue reading

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Canadian Facing Deportation In Australia Goes On Hunger Strike

Canadian facing deportation in Australia goes on hunger strike Ziad Chebib says his family has been torn apart by Australian government Melbourne, Australia The Canadian Press Published on Saturday, Dec. 05, 2009 10:41PM EST A Canadian citizen who has lived … Continue reading

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Detainee Fears Chinese Loan Shark

Detainee fears Chinese loan shark Woman found inside alleged brothel By Stephane Massinon Calgary Herald December 5, 2009 Comments (14) A woman found in what police say is a Calgary brothel told an Immigration and Refugee board hearing that she … Continue reading

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Backlog Of Refugee Claims Has Grown Under Conservatives

Backlog of refugee claims has grown under Conservatives By David McKie CBC News Last Updated: Friday, December 4, 2009 | 8:33 PM ET Comments 477 Recommend 139 The backlog of people waiting to have their refugee claims heard has tripled … Continue reading

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Drones’ Aim : Smugglers

Drones aim: smugglers By Leslie Berestein The San Diego Union Tribune, December 4, 2009 http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/04/drones-aim-smugglers/ The federal government is preparing to use unmanned aircraft capable of patrolling sea routes in its hunt for smugglers. Next week, the U.S. Customs and … Continue reading

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