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Turning Liberalism On Itself

Turning liberalism on itself By Robert Sibley The Ottawa Citizen April 24, 2009 Suicide is probably more frequent than murder as the end phase of a civilization.—-James Burnham, Suicide of the West. As hate-fests go, the United Nations anti-racism conference … Continue reading

Canada Tightens Screening Of Incoming Mexican Workers

Canada tightens screening of incoming Mexican workers The Canadian Press April 23, 2009 OTTAWA Canada has tightened the screening process for incoming Mexican workers in an effort to limit the spread of swine flu, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced in … Continue reading

Canada Asks Czech Gov’t To Intervene Against Migration Mediators

Canada asks Czech govt to intervene against migration mediators Noviny.cz published: 21.04.2009, 18:55 | updated: 21.04.2009 19:02:05 Kanada d esko, aby zakro ilo proti organizaci migrace Prague – Canada has asked the Czech government to take steps against mediators of … Continue reading

Jilted Bride Takes Immigration Protest To Parliament

Jilted bride takes immigration protest to Parliament Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration says marriage fraud investigations take back seat to crime, security BILL CURRY Globe And Mail April 20, 2009 OTTAWA — Lainie Towell is putting on her white wedding … Continue reading

Heightened Security At U.S. – Canada Border Catching Few Terror Suspects

Heightened security at U.S.-Canada border catching few terror suspects Agent calls it 'immigration dumpster diving' By NADJA DROST HEARST NEWSPAPERS April 19, 2009 ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Two Border Patrol agents board a bus in upstate New York, asking everyone “What's … Continue reading

News Review Interview: David Attenborough—The naturalist is frightened by the number of people in the world and says the human race needs to be reduced

News Review interview: David Attenborough The naturalist is frightened by the number of people in the world and says the human race needs to be reduced Camilla Long From The Sunday Times April 19, 2009 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6121737.ece Bending gingerly over a … Continue reading

Strengthening Citizenship

Strengthening citizenship Globe editorial From Friday's Globe and Mail April 17, 2009 at 12:14 AM EDT A proposal by the federal government to change Canada's citizenship program to place greater emphasis on the country's values, history and institutions has the … Continue reading

No Light Touch For Border Agency Inspections

No light touch for Border Agency inspections Richard Ford From The Times April 17, 2009 The workmen are still fitting partitions for offices and empty crates litter the premises of the latest inspectorate set up to monitor a part of … Continue reading

France Mulls ‘MP For Britain’ To Represent Expats In French Parliament

France mulls 'MP for Britain' to represent expats in French parliament France has unveiled radical plans to create an “MP for Britain” who will sit in the French parliament. Telegraph.co.uk Last Updated: 9:59AM BST 17 Apr 2009 The new French … Continue reading

Update 3: Malta, Italy In New Migrants Standoff

Update 3: Malta, Italy in new migrants standoff Malta insists it cannot take migrants rescued closer to Italy The Times Of Malta Friday, 17th April 2009 – 13:37CET (A map showing the position of the Pinar E when it rescued … Continue reading

Australia Treats Asylum Seekers After Boat Explosion

Australia Treats Asylum Seekers After Boat Explosion (Update1) By Ed Johnson April 17 (Bloomberg) Thirty-one injured asylum seekers were airlifted to Australia for medical treatment after their boat burst into flames yesterday as it was being escorted by a navy … Continue reading

Crackdown Leading Fishers To Smuggling Syndicates

Crackdown leading fishers to smuggling syndicates Tom Allard The Age April 17, 2009 A CRACKDOWN by the Federal Government on illegal fishing in its waters has provided an added incentive for Indonesian fishermen to offer their boats and expertise to … Continue reading

Deaths Blamed On ‘Soft’ Border Policy

Deaths blamed on 'soft' border policy Phillip Coorey Chief Political Correspondent Sydney Morning Herald April 17, 2009 THE Opposition has blamed the Rudd Government for yesterday's asylum seeker deaths, with one frontbencher directly linking the loss of life to Labor's … Continue reading

Australian PM Condemns ‘Scum’ People Smugglers

Australian PM condemns 'scum' people smugglers By TANALEE SMITH The Associated Press Friday, April 17, 2009; 4:26 AM SYDNEY — Australia's prime minister denounced people smugglers who set hopeful refugees adrift in rickety boats as “scum” and pledged Friday to … Continue reading

Liberal MP Backs Rudd On Asylum Policy

Liberal MP backs Rudd on asylum policy Ms Moylan says an increase in boat arrivals is not a result of Government policy. (AAP: Australian Customs and Border Protection) By Online parliamentary correspondent Emma Rodgers ABC NEWS Posted Fri Apr 17, … Continue reading

A Regular Job For Protection Command

A regular job for protection command Jonathan Pearlman Defence Correspondent Sydney Morning Herald April 17, 2009 FOR Australia's Border Protection Command, boarding and intercepting boatloads of suspected asylum seekers has become an increasingly common task in recent months, but it … Continue reading

A Long-Needed Change To Citizenship Laws

Rudyard Griffiths: A long-needed change to citizenship laws National Post Posted: April 16, 2009, 8:30 AM by NP Editor Tomorrow, April 17, an important change to our citizenship laws comes into effect, one that will strengthen what it means to … Continue reading

Cameroon: Former Political Operative Expelled From Canada

Cameroon: Former Political Operative Expelled from Canada Adrian Humphreys allAfrica.com 16 April 2009 A young man from Cameroon has been expelled from Canada after a federal judge declared that his sudden marriage to a Canadian did not make amends for … Continue reading

Migrants To Find It More Difficult To Get Permits

Migrants to find it more difficult to get permits GENEVIEVE CARBERY The Irish Times Thursday, April 16, 2009 A LEADING migrant rights group has accused the Government of unfairly victimising immigrant workers by reforming the employment permit scheme. New rules … Continue reading

Over 300 Would-Be Migrants Arrive On Italian Islet

Over 300 would-be migrants arrive on Italian islet Europe News M & C Apr 16, 2009, 11:20 GMT Lampedusa, Italy – More than 300 would-be migrants landed Thursday on the Italian islet of Lampedusa when three vessels carrying them were … Continue reading