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Audits Becoming The New ICE Raids

Audits becoming the new ICE raids By Matt O'Brien The Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA), December 4, 2009 http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_13924906 Immigration agents made headlines during the Bush administration when they rushed into Midwestern meatpacking plants, a New England leather goods … Continue reading

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Migration Numbers At Record High

Migration numbers at record high By Tim Colebatch The Age (Melbourne), December 4, 2009 http://www.theage.com.au/national/migration-numbers-at-record-high-20091203-k8tf.html The number of permanent and long-term migrants arriving in Australia has soared to more than 500,000 a year. Record numbers of migrants, temporary workers and … Continue reading

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53 Asylum Seekers On Viking

53 asylum seekers on Viking By Yuko Narushima The Sydney Morning Herald, December 4, 2009 http://www.smh.com.au/national/53-asylum-seekers-on-viking-20091203-k8uy.html The Oceanic Viking has picked up another boatload of asylum seekers, a fortnight after it unloaded 78 reluctant Sri Lankans in Indonesia. Yesterday the … Continue reading

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Canadian Hairdresser Charged With Trafficking In Chinese Women

Canadian hairdresser charged with trafficking in Chinese women AFP Thu Dec 3, 2:36 PM OTTAWA (AFP) – A Canadian woman posing as a hairdresser was charged on Thursday with human trafficking, for trying to sell two Chinese women to undercover … Continue reading

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U.S., Cuba Migration Talks Delayed Until February

U.S., Cuba Migration Talks Delayed Until February Reuters, December 3, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/12/03/us/politics/politics-us-cuba-usa-migration.html Washington, Dc (Reuters) — Long-planned talks on Cuban migration to the United States have been delayed by two months until February, a State Department official said on Thursday, … Continue reading

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Immigration Is Critical Subject To Mexico, U.S.

Immigration is critical subject to Mexico, U.S. By Laura Urseny The Mercury Register (Oroville, CA), December 3, 2009 http://www.orovillemr.com/news/ci_13923685 Chico, CA — Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez, the new consul general of Mexico in Sacramento, said that immigration is as much a … Continue reading

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White Working Class Have Been Neglected By Gov’t, Admits Minister

White working class have been neglected by government, admits minister New focus: Communities Secretary John Denham says Government bodies and councils have been 'blind' to the needs of the white working class Daily Mail.co.uk December 3, 2009 Labour has let … Continue reading

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Overseas Students Consider Legal Action Against College

Overseas students consider legal action against college By Andrew Denholm The Herald (U.K.), December 3, 2009 http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/education/overseas-students-consider-legal-action-against-college-1.988257 It is a trail that leads from meetings with immigration agents in rented hotel rooms across the Indian sub-continent to a college 'campus' … Continue reading

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Crammed Christmas Island Center To Cost Extra $45 Million

Crammed Christmas Island centre to cost extra $45m By Yuko Narushima The Sydney Morning Herald, December 3, 2009 http://www.smh.com.au/national/crammed-christmas-island-centre-to-cost-extra-45m-20091202-k6f8.html Christmas Island will cost the Federal Government $45 million more than it budgeted for this year as the overstretched detention centre … Continue reading

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Harper’s Trips Play Up To Ethnic Voters

Harper's trips play up to ethnic voters Tories gain ground in what were seen as Liberal ridings Philippa Croome National Post Published: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 Stephen Harper arrives in China today for his first visit to that country as … Continue reading

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MD Groups Told To Cut The Red Tape

MD groups told to cut the red tape Speed up recognition of foreign-trained doctors, Kenney says By Susan Delacourt The Toronto Star (Canada), December 2, 2009 http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/733380–md-groups-told-to-cut-the-red-tape Ottawa — Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is accusing physicians' organizations in the provinces … Continue reading

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Canadian Mother Urges Son, Other Tamils To Abandon Boat In Indonesia

Canadian mother urges son, other Tamils to abandon boat in Indonesia By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (CP) December 2, 2009 JAKARTA, Indonesia—The Canadian mother of a Sri Lankan asylum seeker has urged her son and his 246 fellow Tamil shipmates to … Continue reading

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Dutch MP’s Want Immigrants To Learn National Anthem

Dutch MPs want immigrants to learn national anthem A majority of MPs want immigrants following the compulsory integration course to learn at least part of the Dutch national anthem. Expatica (Netherlands), December 2, 2009 http://www.expatica.com/nl/news/dutch-news/Most-Dutch-MPs-want-immigrants-to-learn-national-anthem-_58516.html# The Hague — A majority … Continue reading

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Study Confirms Oz ‘Myth’ On Unskilled Kiwis

Study confirms Oz 'myth' on unskilled Kiwis The New Zealand Herald, December 2, 2009 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10612863 A new study has confirmed a long-held Australian belief – less-skilled Kiwis have migrated there at a higher rate than skilled professionals. The research, by … Continue reading

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Asylum-Seekers Could Be Forced To Sleep In Tents

Asylum-seekers could be forced to sleep in tents The Australian, December 2, 2009 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/asylum-seekers-could-be-forced-to-sleep-in-tents/story-fn3dxity-1225805972271 The Federal Government's planned expansion of its Christmas Island detention facility may see asylum seekers sleeping in tents. The Department of Immigration and Citizenship yesterday said … Continue reading

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Canada Accepts 400 Typhoon Victims

Canada accepts 400 typhoon victims The Canadian Press, December 1, 2009 http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/canada/2009/12/01/11997661.html Ottawa (CP) — The federal government says more than 400 Filipino victims of Typhoon Ketsana have come to Canada under fast-track immigration procedures. The September storm lashed the … Continue reading

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Rise In Fake Marriages Causes Concern In Immigration Department

Rise in fake marriages causes concern in Immigration dept. By Susan Delacourt The Toronto Star (Canada), December 1, 2009 http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/733123–rise-in-fake-marriages-causes-concern-in-immigration-dept Ottawa — A rising trend in fake marriages by would-be immigrants, perhaps criminally organized, is raising alarms within the federal … Continue reading

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Health Care Provisions Still Soft On Illegal Aliens

Health Care Provisions Still Soft on Illegal Aliens Amendments Expected to Target Issue Center For Immigration Studies Contact: Bryan Griffith, (202) 466-8185, press@cis.org WASHINGTON (December 2009) Assurances that the two health-care reform bills would not benefit illegal aliens are not … Continue reading

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Migrants Drive Rise In Degrees

Migrants drive rise in degrees By Andrew Trounson The Australian, December 1, 2009 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/migrants-drive-rise-in-degrees/story-e6frgcjx-1225805923513 New statistics suggest Australia is closer than expected to the federal government's target of 40 per cent of 25 to 34-year-olds with bachelor degrees by 2025. … Continue reading

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Deal To Speed Credentials For Foreign Professionals

Deal to speed credentials for foreign professionals By Susan Delacourt The Toronto Star (Canada), November 30, 2009 http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/732463–deal-nears-to-recognize-foreign-credentials-of-immigrants?bn=1 Ottawa — The federal government and the provinces are unveiling a major agreement on Monday to help foreign-trained professionals get their credentials … Continue reading

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