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Putting Import Brides To The ‘Dutchness" Test

Putting 'import brides' to the Dutchness test More women are coming to the Netherlands as 'import brides'. Helping them pass the Dutch integration exam has become a business. By Sheila Kamerman NRC–Handelsblad Published: 12 June 2009 16:59 Changed: 15 June … Continue reading

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Czech Romanies’ Exodus To Canada Continues—Canadian Press

Czech Romanies' exodus to Canada continues – Canadian press Kanadská vlajka. published: 12.06.2009, 14:31 | updated: 12.06.2009 14:36:19 Kanadsk denk: t k eskch Rom do Kanady pokra uje Ottawa – The exodus of Romanies from the Czech Republic to Canada … Continue reading

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Don’t Let Non-Citizens Vote, Toronto Councillor Says

Dont let non-citizens vote, Toronto councillor says Posted: June 11, 2009, 6:06 PM by Rob Roberts By Chelsea Murray, National Post Giving non-Canadians municipal voting rights would diminish the value of citizenship, says one prominent city councillor. The city organized … Continue reading

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Bill Defines Homosexual Partners As Immediate Family For Immigration Purposes

Bill Defines Homosexual Partners As Immediate Family for Immigration Purposes By Christopher Neefus The CNS News, June 11, 2009 http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=49464 An immigration bill introduced in the House of Representatives last week would allow homosexuals to sponsor their permanent partners for … Continue reading

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Sharp Divide Over Visas, Temporary Workers Dims Outlook For Reform Bill This Year

Sharp Divide Over Visas, Temp Workers Dims Outlook For Reform Bill This Year By Chris Strohm and Dan Friedman The Congress Daily (Washington, DC), June 11, 2009 http://www.nationaljournal.com/congressdaily/ [Subscription] Business and labor groups have launched aggressive lobbying efforts in Congress … Continue reading

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Counties Using ICE Databases During Arrests

Counties using ICE databases during arrests By Lynn Brezosky The San Antonio Express-News (TX), June 11, 2009 http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/state/47688052.html Harlingen, TX — Sheriff's departments in six South Texas counties have begun accessing Immigration and Customs Enforcement fingerprint databases to determine if … Continue reading

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Senate Leader Says Immigration Reform Possible This Year

Senate Leader Says Immigration Reform Possible This Year By Maria Pea The Latin American Herald Tribune (Caracas, Venezuela), June 11, 2009 http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=336977&CategoryId=12395 Washington, DC — The leader of the Democratic Senate majority, Harry Reid, said Wednesday in an interview with … Continue reading

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Italy’s Immigration Deal With Libya Sparks Uproar

Italy's immigration deal with Libya sparks uproar Euractive.com Published: Thursday 11 June 2009 Human rights groups have expressed outrage at an Italian agreement to send immigrants back to Libya without screening them for asylum claims, tarnishing Muammar Gaddafi's “historic” visit … Continue reading

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Tensions Mount As Immigrants Squat Athens’ City Centre

Tensions mount as immigrants squat Athens' city centre – Feature Posted : Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:17:48 GMT Author : DPA Category : Europe (World) Athens – Blocks away from the Greek capital's historic district, thousands of illegal immigrants have … Continue reading

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Inner Cabinet Discusses Illegal Migration

Inner cabinet discusses illegal migration The Athens News Agency (Greece) June 11, 2009 Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis on Thursday chaired an inner cabinet meeting devoted to illegal immigration and the positions that Greece will adopt at the upcoming European Union … Continue reading

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Dutch Far Right Snubs EU, Refuses To Take Seat

Dutch far right MP snubs EU, refuses to take seat Reuters Thursday, June 11, 2009; 10:49 AM AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch anti-immigrant politician Geert Wilders won enough preference votes for a seat in the European Parliament, but has refused to … Continue reading

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Unlikely Champion Of Italy’s Anti-Immigration Party Is Black And Half-American

Unlikely champion of Italy's anti-immigration party is black and half-American A half-American black woman has become an unlikely star of Italy's Northern League, the populist anti-immigrant party which doubled its vote in this week's elections for the European Parliament. By … Continue reading

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San Francisco Crime Reporter Wins Immigration Award

S.F. Crime Reporter Wins Immigration Award Center for Immigration Studies June 10, 2009 (WASHINGTON, JUNE 2009) Jaxon Van Derbeken, police reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, is this years winner of the Eugene Katz Award for Excellence in the Coverage … Continue reading

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Judge Slams ‘Relaxed’ Immigration Officials Who Freed Chinese Migrants

Judge slams 'relaxed' immigration officials who freed Chinese migrants A judge overseeing one of the biggest people smuggling cases in Britain yesterday criticised the “relaxed attitude” of immigration officials after scores of Chinese immigrants were freed. The Telegraph Published: 5:56PM … Continue reading

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EC Lists Improved Immigration Policy Among Priorities

EC lists improved immigration policy among priorities The Sofia Echo by Clive Leviev-Sawyer Wed, Jun 10 2009 14:52 CET The European Commission has set out 10 “specific innovations” in its plans for justice and home affairs in the next few … Continue reading

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Italy Rocks The Boat On Immigration

Italy rocks the boat on immigration Italys new policy of turning away boats bearing illegal immigrants and asylum seekers has met with harsh criticism Wanted in Rome (Italy) June 10, 2009 In early May the Italian government, showing an unusual … Continue reading

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Foreign Students Could Be Forced To Leave

Foreign students could be forced to leave By Sushi Das The Sydney Morning Herald, June 10, 2009 http://www.theage.com.au/national/foreign-students-could-be-forced-to-leave-20090609-c28h.html Scores of foreign students, suspected of using bogus documents to support permanent residency applications, have been discovered by Federal Government migration fraud … Continue reading

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Government Targets Bogus Immigration Consultants

Government targets bogus immigration consultants By Juliet O'Neill Canwest News Service June 10, 2009 Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says the government is trying to curb “massive, widespread, deliberate” fraud by bogus consultants against foreign nannies, caregivers and others who seek … Continue reading

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Ottawa To Send Biometric Data On Visitors

Ottawa to seek biometric data on visitors No nation would be exempt from plan, says incoming CSIS boss Bill Curry Globe and Mail June 10, 2009 OTTAWA —The incoming head of Canada's spy agency says new rules requiring digital fingerprints … Continue reading

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CSIS Beefs Up Screening For Tamil Tigers

CSIS beefs up screening for Tamil Tigers Extra agents added in Sri Lanka as backlog grows for Canadian visa requests Bill Curry Globe And Mail June 10, 2009 Comments (16) Ottawa —- Canada is boosting its immigration screening in Sri … Continue reading

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