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Canadian Gov’t Halts Deportation Order Of Former Child Soldier From Burma

Canadian gov't halts deportation order of former child soldier from Burma The Canadian Press (CP) August 15, 2009 OTTAWA The federal government has stayed the deportation of a Burmese refugee who fled his country because he was he was forced … Continue reading

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Illegal Immigration Enters The Health-Care Debate

Illegal Immigration Enters the Health-Care Debate In California, Funding Is at Stake for a Clinic That Treats Patients No Matter Their Status; An Issue 'No One Wants to Touch' By MIRIAM JORDAN The Wall Street Journal August 15, 2009 Comments … Continue reading

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Renegade Regions Keep On Sprawling

Renegade regions keep on sprawling Provincial plan being ignored, report finds Phinjo Gombu Urban Affairs Reporter Toronto Star.com Aug 14, 2009 04:30 AM Comments on this story (56) Several Golden Horseshoe municipalities are bucking Ontario's ambitious sprawl-busting plan by submitting … Continue reading

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Stranded Woman Going Home

Stranded woman coming home Michelle Shephard National Security Reporter The Star.com Aug 14, 2009 08:40 AM Comments on this story (36) NAIROBI, KENYA Canadian Suaad Hagi Mohamud is scheduled to board a plane home to Toronto tonight after a high … Continue reading

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Judge Says ‘Al-Qaeda Emails’ Could Refer To Bomb Plot

Judge says 'al-Qaeda emails' could refer to bomb plot Five Pakistani students have been denied bail after a judge decided they may have used coded emails about girls and cars to plan an Easter bombing campaign in Manchester. By Duncan … Continue reading

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Review To Bring Overseas Study Industry To Account

Review to bring overseas study industry to account Heath Gilmore and Nick O'malley The Age August 14, 2009 THE $15.5 billion international education industry is likely to shrink as shonky operators face their ''day of reckoning'', says the head of … Continue reading

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New Report Puts World Population At 7 Billion By 2011

New report puts world population at 7 billion by 2011 Eitan Gavish DAILY NEWS WRITER Thursday, August 13th 2009, 2:48 PM Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/08/13/2009-08-13_new_report_puts_world_population_at_7_billion_ by_2011.html#ixzz0OAgKRI7I By 2011, the worlds population should reach 7 billion, according to a new report put … Continue reading

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As Lai’s Time Runs Out, Torture Probe Drags On

As Lai's time runs out, torture probe drags on ROD MICKLEBURGH VANCOUVER From Thursday's Globe and Mail Last updated on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009 10:10AM EDT Does high-profile fugitive Lai Changxing face a risk of being tortured if he is … Continue reading

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Staff Arrested In Asylum Seeker Row

Staff arrested in asylum seeker row UKPA August 13, 2009 UK security staff taking a failed asylum seeker back to Africa found themselves arrested and thrown into prison. The two escort staff were detained for two days in Mozambique after … Continue reading

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Foreign Farm Workers Detained

Foreign farm workers detained ABC News Posted Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:08am AEST Updated Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:00pm AEST The Australian Workers Union (AWU) is calling for action to be taken against Victorian farmers using illegal immigrant labour. Department … Continue reading

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Harper Defends Handling Of Mohamud Case ; Slams McGuinty

Harper defends handling of Mohamud case; slams McGuinty By Andrew Mayeda and Jordana Huber Canwest News Service August 13, 2009 OTTAWA—–Prime Minister Stephen Harper defended his government's handling of the case of Suaad Haji Mohamud on Thursday, saying officials have … Continue reading

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Firms Still Looking To Hire Migrants As British Job Losses Rocket

Firms still looking to hire migrants even as British job losses rocket By Sam Fleming Mail Online Last updated at 11:53 AM on 12th August 2009 Companies are planning to hire more migrant workers even as Britain's jobless toll rises … Continue reading

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English As A Second Language For 900,000 Children

English as a second language for 900,000 children Young children speaking English as their first language are in a minority in almost one-in-10 local authorites, according to official figures. By Graeme Paton, Education Editor The Telegraph.co.uk Published: 7:00AM BST 12 … Continue reading

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Boat With 77 People Intercepted By Australia

Boat With 77 People Intercepted by Australia By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: August 12, 2009 Filed at 8:06 p.m. ET ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — A boat carrying 77 suspected asylum seekers was intercepted Thursday in the Indian Ocean, the latest … Continue reading

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Crackdown On Student Recruitment

Crackdown on student recruitment Guy Healy and Andrew Trounson Article from: The Australian August 12, 2009 THE failure of the states to properly regulate the troubled college sector is putting at risk the $15 billion export education industry and the … Continue reading

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Brits And Aussies Fare Best In NZ

Brits and Aussies fare best in NZ By REBECCA TODD – The Press Last updated 05:00 12/08/2009 British and Australian migrants are outstripping Kiwis on their own soil with higher incomes and more working in professional jobs, a new report … Continue reading

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Hundreds Of Immigration Cases Unresolved

Hundreds of immigration cases unresolved WA Today.com.au August 12, 2009 There are more than 700 immigration cases before the nation's courts with most of them taking nearly half a year to resolve. The Federal Magistrates Court, which the government plans … Continue reading

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Tories Look To Fast-Track Refugee Claims

Tories look to fast-track refugee claims Key Liberals willing to work with Conservatives on reforms to system, to be tabled in the fall Campbell Clark The Globe and Mail Ottawa Last updated on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009 02:43AM EDT The … Continue reading

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Immigration Minister Defends Visa Rules

Immigration Minister Defends Visa Rules Josh Pringle CFRA Tuesday, August 11, 2009 Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says new visa rules on Mexican travellers has slowed down the number of refugee claimants. In an interview during CFRA's Afternoon Edition, Kenney says … Continue reading

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The Elephant In The Room: Panel On Immigration’s Impact On Health Care Reform

The Elephant in the Room Panel on Immigrations Impact on Health Care Reform Center For Immigration Studies Contact: Steven Camarota, (202) 466-8185, sac@cis.org WASHINGTON (August 2009) One out of three people in the U.S. without health insurance is an immigrant … Continue reading

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