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Poll Shows Hardening Of Attitude Towards Immigrants

Poll shows hardening of attitude towards immigrants CARL O'BRIEN, Chief Reporter The Irish Times – Tuesday, November 24, 2009 THE VAST majority (72 per cent) of people want to see a reduction in the number of non-Irish immigrants living here, … Continue reading

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Permission To Challenge State On Non-EU Dependant Refused

Permission to challenge State on non-EU dependant refused MARY CAROLAN The Irish Times Tuesday, November 24, 2009 AN IRISH man, his Chinese-born wife and their two Irish-born children have been refused permission to bring a High Court challenge to the … Continue reading

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Spain Helping Mauritania Slow Illegal Immigration

Spain Helping Mauritania Slow Illegal Immigration Spanish, Mauritanian governments step up patrols along the coast to stop illegal immigration; Madrid helps Nouakchott with an annual budget of $750 million and a small plane to keep watch on immigration routes. Scott … Continue reading

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Canadians Fared Far Worse In Recession, Economist Says

Canadians fared far worse in recession, economist says THE CANADIAN PRESS Published On Tue Nov 24 2009 OTTAWAA new independent economic analysis shows Canada's recession has been longer and deeper than the official record indicates. The report from Dale Orr … Continue reading

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Don’t Dismiss ‘Honour Killing’ Claim : Judge, Immigration Ruling

Don't dismiss 'honour killing' claim: judge, immigration ruling By Kenyon Wallace National Post November 24, 2009 TORONTO—-A Federal Court judge has ordered Citizenship and Immigration to consider the credibility of a woman's claim that she will be the victim of … Continue reading

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US, Canada Extend Border Security Cooperation

US, Canada Extend Border Security Cooperation By Mickey McCarter HS Today, November 25, 2009 http://www.hstoday.us/content/view/11226/149/ Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano joined her counterpart from Canada in Washington, DC, Tuesday to announce a bundle of cooperative efforts on information sharing, maritime … Continue reading

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Feds to Crack Down On Illegal Wire Transfers

Feds to crack down on illegal wire transfers By Sergio Chapa The KGBT News (Harlingen, TX), November 24, 2009 http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=381965 Federal authorities are looking at new ways to keep millions of dollars out of the hands of immigrant smugglers. For … Continue reading

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Immigration Ruling A Disaster For Taxpayers

Immigration ruling a disaster for taxpayers Court of Appeal says sponsors not necessarily on the hook By Tim Shufelt Law Times Publication Date: Monday, 23 November 2009 A recent Ontario Court of Appeal ruling on sponsors of permanent residents will … Continue reading

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10 Charged In Marriage-For-Money Scheme

10 charged in marriage-for-money scheme By Mike Robinson The Associated Press, November 23, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-immigrationfraud,0,7210363.story Chicago — Ten people including at least five current or former traffic court employees have been charged with taking part in a marriage-for-money scheme aimed … Continue reading

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States Want To Keep Illegal Immigrants Off The Road

States Want To Keep Illegal Immigrants Off The Road The NPR News, November 23, 2009 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120682785&sc=nl&cc=ph-20091123 Only three states Illinois, New Mexico and Washington allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses and other states have recently implemented practices aimed at … Continue reading

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The Multi-Million Pound ‘Bribe’ To Send Foreign Criminals Home

The multi-million pound 'bribe' to send foreign criminals home The taxpayer is having to fund millions of pounds a year to “bribe” foreign murderers, rapists and other prisoners to go home after a 60 per cent jump in cases. By … Continue reading

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Original Residents Are Leaving Vantaa’s Suburb Of Hakunila

Original residents are leaving Vantaas suburb of Hakunila Immigrants now account for 16% of Hakunila population HELSINGIN SANOMAT INTERNATIONAL EDITION – METRO November 23, 2009 Vantaas district of Hakunila is one of those residential areas with rental apartments that is … Continue reading

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Germany Wants Contracts To Clarify Immigrant Responsibilities

Germany wants contracts to clarify immigrant responsibilities Deutsche Welle 23.11.2009 Germany plans to have immigrants sign “integration contracts” that would oblige foreigners seeking to live in the country to avow certain values, such as freedom of speech and equal rights … Continue reading

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Uproar Over Italian Town’s Foreigner Registration Drive

Uproar over Italian Town's Foreigner Registration Drive REUTERS November 23, 2009 (PHOTO : A woman walks past Northern League election posters in Milan in 2008. The posters read: “They suffered through immigration; now they live on reservations.”) Officials in the … Continue reading

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More Countries Demand Biometrics

GLOBAL: More countries demand biometrics University World News Philip Fine 22 November 2009 Issue: 102 Canada has joined a growing number of nations now requiring foreigners wanting to study in their countries to provide their electronically obtained fingerprints along with … Continue reading

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Immigration Looms As The Next Test For Congress

Immigration looms as the next test for Congress By: Michael Barone Senior Political Analyst Washington Examiner November 22, 2009 Is Congress, behindhand on Barack Obama's deadlines on health care and cap-and-trade legislation, and flummoxed by the failure of the stimulus … Continue reading

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Colleges Rig Immigrants’ English Tests

Colleges rig immigrants English tests Kevin Dowling and David Leppard From The Sunday Times November 22, 2009 IN the windows of the UK Citizenship Centre in Birmingham, posters say it provides Home Office Approved Certificates. They boast a very high … Continue reading

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Student Visa Numbers Soar After New Rules Take Effect

Student visa numbers soar after new rules take effect By Helen Grady Donal MacIntyre show BBC Radio 5 live November 22, 2009[] The number of students entering the UK from India and Bangladesh has risen sharply since a new visa … Continue reading

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Liberals Reject Immigant Citizenship Course

Liberals reject immigrant citizenship course Published: 22 Nov 09 14:08 CET Online: http://www.thelocal.se/23414/20091122/ The Liberal Party has voted against a proposal from the party leadership for the introduction of mandatory courses for all immigrants seeking Swedish citizenship. The party members … Continue reading

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Latinos, Blacks Take Harder Hit Amid Recession

Latinos, blacks take harder hit amid recession Jobless rate could climb to highest in decades By Joseph Williams The Boston Globe, November 21, 2009 http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/11/21/latinos_blacks_take_harder_hit_amid_recession/ Washington, DC — Latinos and African-Americans in Massachusetts and across the country are facing high … Continue reading

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