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Obama Lifts U.S. Ban On Foreign HIV-Positive Travelers

Obama lifts U.S. ban on foreign HIV-positive travelers By Katherine Harmon Scientific American, November 2, 2009 http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=obama-lifts-us-ban-on-foreign-hiv-p-2009-11-02 People with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) will no longer be prohibited from visiting or immigrating to the U.S., the White House announced … Continue reading

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U.S. High Court Seeks Opinion On Ariz Immigration Case

US High Court Seeks Opinion On Ariz Immigration Case By Kristina Peterson The Wall Street Journal, November 2, 2009 http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091102-711247.html Washington – The U.S. Supreme Court asked the Solicitor General to comment on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's challenge to … Continue reading

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Auto Registration Checks Scaring Immigrants

Auto registration checks scaring immigrants By Stephanie Czekalinski The Columbus Dispatch (OH), November 2, 2009 http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/11/02/copy/IMMIGRANT_FEARS.ART_ART_11-02-09_B1_MQFHVG6.html?adsec=politics&sid=101 News that the state will cancel the car registrations of possibly thousands of undocumented immigrants has caused panic and created rumors among those living … Continue reading

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How We’re Creating An Illegal Workforce

How we're creating an illegal workforce Controversial federal program brings in foreigners for temporary jobs, but leaves them ripe for abuse Sandro Contenta Laurie Monsebraaten Staff Reporters TheStar.com Published On Sun Nov 01 2009 HOW THE TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKER PROGRAM … Continue reading

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Sri Lankans Admit Living In Indonesia

Sri Lankans admit living in Indonesia TOM ALLARD AND JOSH GORDON The Age November 1, 2009 MOST of the Sri Lankan asylum seekers in a stand-off with Australian authorities off the coast of the Riau Islands have admitted living in … Continue reading

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Britain Pays Child Benefit For More Than 50,000 Children Living Abroad

Britain pays child benefit for more than 50,000 children living abroad British taxpayers are funding child benefit payments for 37,900 children who live in Poland, Treasury figures show. By Rebecca Lefort Telegraph.co.uk Published: 10:00PM GMT 31 Oct 2009 The money … Continue reading

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Police Arrest Canadians Tied To Controversial U.S. Mosque

Police arrest Canadians tied to controversial U.S. mosque Canwest News Service October 31, 2009 WINDSOR, Ont. — Two Canadian men linked to a fundamentalist Islamic leader who was gunned down in a shootout with FBI agents this past week were … Continue reading

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Canada Oblivious To Terror Danger: CSIS Boss

Canada oblivious to terror danger: CSIS boss New director takes aim at critics in first public speech By Ian MacLeod The Ottawa Citizen October 30, 2009 http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Canada+oblivious+terror+danger+CSIS+boss/2160984/story.html CSIS head Richard B. Fadden says security and rights are 'not in opposition, … Continue reading

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Some Tamil Refugees Could Be Detained For Security

Some Tamil refugees could be detained for security The 76 people found onboard the Ocean Lady were held overnight in the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre, Oct. 18, 2009. CTV News From The Canadian Press Date: Friday Oct. 30, 2009 … Continue reading

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Punjab Police Book Canadian Couple In Immigration Scam

Punjab police book Canadian couple in immigration scam Prokerala.com Chandigarh, Oct 30 Punjab Police have booked an Indian-origin Canadian couple along with eight local people for running an illegal immigration racket from Punjab, police said Friday evening. According to police, … Continue reading

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Government Of Canada Tables 2010 Immigration Plan

Government of Canada Tables 2010 Immigration Plan OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Oct. 30, 2009) – Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, tabled Citizenship and Immigration Canada's 2009 Annual Report today in Parliament. “While other countries have cut back immigration … Continue reading

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Banking Scandal Fugitive Rakesh Saxena Arrives In Thailand After Extradition From Canada

Banking scandal fugitive Rakesh Saxena arrives in Thailand after extradition from Canada By AP October 30th, 2009 BANGKOK— A fugitive former adviser to a Thai bank whose failure caused a crisis of confidence that helped spark the 1997 Asian financial … Continue reading

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European Deportation Charters Could Become Routine

European deportation charters could become routine Radio France Internationale Article published on the 2009-10-30 Latest update 2009-10-30 14:58 TU Undocumented immigrants could be sent home from Europe in chartered flights under a proposal being considered by European Union leaders at … Continue reading

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Estimated 2.8 Million Canadians Live Abroad

Estimated 2.8 million Canadians live abroad CBC NEWS Last Updated: Thursday, October 29, 2009 | 8:03 AM ET An estimated 2.8 million Canadian citizens live abroad, with naturalized Canadians leaving the country at a rate three times higher than those … Continue reading

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Pakistani-Canadian Faces A Second Charge

Pakistani-Canadian faces a second charge U.S. prosecutors amend complaint against Tahawar Hussain Rana, accused in newspaper plot COLIN FREEZE From Thursday's Globe and Mail Published on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 12:00AM EDT Last updated on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 3:03AM … Continue reading

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UK Plans Zimbabwe Asylum Removals

UK plans Zimbabwe asylum removals By Dominic Casciani BBC News October 29, 2009 The Home Office has announced it wants to resume the removal of failed Zimbabwean asylum seekers. Immigration minister Phil Woolas said the ground was being cleared to … Continue reading

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France Migrant Policy Critised

France migrant policy criticised Emma Jane Kirby BBC News, Paris October 29, 2009 France's system of detaining and deporting unaccompanied migrant children flown into Paris has been criticised in a damning new report. The French government says children arriving at … Continue reading

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Life For Rwandan Convicted In Canada Of War Crimes

Life for Rwandan convicted in Canada of war crimes By AMY LUFT (AP) October 28, 2009 MONTREAL—A Rwandan man who was the first person convicted under a law allowing people in Canada to be tried for war crimes committed abroad … Continue reading

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UK Immigration Officers In French Ports Set To Strike

UK immigration officers in French ports set to strike Mirror.co.uk 28/10/2009 More than 200 UK immigration officers in French ports are to strike. They are angry at plans to reduce their overseas allowances, which could cost them 500 a month. … Continue reading

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Rescued People Will Not Land In Australia—Gov’t

Rescued boatpeople will not land in Australia – govt Reuters, October 28, 2009 http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-43485820091028 Sydney (Reuters) — Australia insisted on Wednesday that 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers rescued by one of its customs ship would not be brought to Australia, … Continue reading

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