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Lost Brides : When Arranged Marriages Go Quickly Awry

Lost brides: When arranged marriages go quickly awry Thousands of women in India's Punjab say they've been left behind by overseas husbands By Rick Westhead and Raveena Aulakh The Toronto Star (Canada), November 15, 2009 http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/726066 Flipping through her wedding … Continue reading

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Guide Covers ‘Eh’ To ‘Zed’

Guide covers Canada 'eh' to 'zed' NEW CITIZENSHIP STUDY MATERIALS INCLUDE IMPORTANT HISTORIC AND CULTURAL TOPICS PREVIOUSLY LEFT OUT By ANDREW HANON Calgary Sun Last Updated: 15th November 2009, 12:59am Welcome to Canada. Please make sure you brought your skates, … Continue reading

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Rapist Finally Deported

Rapist finally deported Victim's family relieved after man deemed too dangerous to go free put on plane to Sudan By Ryan Cormier Edmonton Journal November 14, 2009 Journal reporter Ryan Cormier has followed Samuel Luin through the legal and immigration … Continue reading

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Schengen Committee Visits Cyprus To Look At Illegal Immigration Problems

Schengen committee visits Cyprus to look at illegal immigration problems By Patrick Dewhurst The Cyprus Mail November 14, 2009 CYPRUS may host the new European Asylum office to counter illegal immigration, according to an Italian Parliamentary committee that visited Cyprus … Continue reading

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Rudd Denies Special Deal On Asylum

Rudd denies special deal on asylum TOM ALLARD, TANJUNG PINANG AND YUKO NARUSHIMA, CANBERRA The Age November 14, 2009 Asylum-seeker breakthrough Making news today: signs of a breakthrough in the Sri-Lankan asylum-seeker stand-off. Video feedback Video settings AUSTRALIAN officials halved … Continue reading

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The Tory Guide To A Blue Canada

The Tory guide to a blue Canada John Ivison National Post Published: Friday, November 13, 2009 Anew opinion poll put the Conservatives 10 points ahead of their Liberal rivals yesterday, but the real cause for celebration in Tory ranks is … Continue reading

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Immigrants Shun Plan To Take Money, Go Home

Immigrants shun plan to take money, go home By Associated Press Friday, November 13, 2009 MADRID Nearly 9,000 jobless immigrants have signed up for a plan that pays them to return home until Spains recession-hit economy recovers, the government said … Continue reading

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Refugee Offer ‘Act Of Weakness’

Refugee offer 'act of weakness' YUKO NARUSHIMA, CANBERRA AND TOM ALLARD, TANJUNG PINANG The Age November 13, 2009 AN OFFER to resettle refugeees on the Oceanic Viking within a set time frame was an ''act of weakness'', Opposition Leader Malcolm … Continue reading

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Australia/Sri Lanka : Untangling The Knotty Issue Of Human Smuggling

AUSTRALIA/SRI LANKA: Untangling the Knotty Issue of Human Smuggling By Amantha Perera IPS NEWS COLOMBO, Nov 13 (IPS) – It is a story that spans three islands, across the breadth of the Indian Ocean. That is, of hundreds of boat … Continue reading

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Govt MPs At Odds Over Population Growth

Govt MPs at odds over population growth PETER VENESS The Age November 13, 2009 AAP A row has erupted inside the government over booming population growth forecasts. Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner on Friday suggested population density needed to rise strongly, … Continue reading

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Party Room Rocks Turnbull Boat Plan

Party room rocks Turnbull boat plan YUKO NARUSHIMA IMMIGRATION CORRESPONDENT Brisbane Times November 13, 2009 Landfall at last … some of the Sri Lankan asylum seekers at the Indonesian detention centre at Tanjung Pinjang last night. Photo: Yuli Seperi THE … Continue reading

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At Last, An Honest ‘Look At Canada’

At last, an honest look at Canada By Adam Chapnick The Ottawa Citizen November 13, 2009 Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenneys new citizenship guide, Discover Canada: The Rights and Responsibilities of Canadian Citizenship, is a welcome achievement. For the … Continue reading

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New Citizenship Guide Says No To ‘Barbaric’ Practices

New citizenship guide says no to 'barbaric' practices Kathryn Blaze Carlson National Post Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009 Canada's revamped citizenship guide warns newcomers that “barbaric cultural practices” such as honour killings will not be tolerated, marking a stronger tone … Continue reading

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Gov’t Unveils New Citizenship Handbook

Government unveils new citizenship guidebook The CBC News (Canada), November 12, 2009 http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2009/11/12/immigration-kenney-guide.html Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney unveiled a new and larger version of the citizenship guidebook for prospective immigrants on Friday, one that emphasizes the importance of … Continue reading

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Court Opens Door To Immigrant Debt Relief

Court opens door to immigrant debt relief By Nicholas Keung The Toronto Star (Canada), November 12, 2009 http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/724917–court-opens-door-to-immigrant-debt-relief People who found themselves with huge debts after sponsoring immigrants have won a landmark decision in Ontario's Court of Appeal. The court … Continue reading

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Brown Toughens Rhetoric On Immigration

Brown toughens rhetoric on immigration By James Boxell, Home Affairs Correspondent FT.com Published: November 12 2009 14:20 Last updated: November 12 2009 14:20 Gordon Brown has stepped up the rhetoric on the issue of British jobs for British workers as … Continue reading

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Employers To Be Forced To Pass Tougher Test To Hire Migrants, Gordon Brown To Say

Employers to be forced to pass tougher test to hire migrants, Gordon Brown to say Gordon Brown will today pledge to make it tougher for foreign professionals like doctors and engineers to work in Britain as he announces a tightening … Continue reading

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British Jobs To Be Advertised Locally For A Month From Next Year

British jobs to be advertised locally for a month from next year Plans to give British workers a month's head start over migrant workers for new jobs will be introduced early next year. By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor Telegraph.co.uk … Continue reading

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Rudd’s New Sri Lankan Solution

Rudd's new Sri Lankan 'solution' MATT WADE, COLOMBO The Age November 12, 2009 THE Rudd Government is considering allowing more displaced Sri Lankans to emigrate to Australia legally in a bid to reduce the incentive for them to turn up … Continue reading

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MP Kelvin Thomson Wants To Stop New Zealand Migration To Australia

MP Kelvin Thomson wants to stop New Zealand migration to Australia By John Masanauskas Herald Sun November 12, 2009 12:01am NEW Zealand migration to Australia would be slashed under a federal Labor MP's plan to curb our population growth. Outspoken … Continue reading

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