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ADQ Urges Reducing Immigration

ADQ urges reducing immigration Marianne White The National Post Canwest News Service with files from The Gazette Published: Thursday, March 13, 2008 QUEBEC – The Opposition Action democratique du Quebec wants the provincial government to cut down on immigration in … Continue reading

Lord Multiculturalism

Lord Multiculturalism Victor Davis Hanson PajamasMedia March, 12, 2008 For forty years critics have attacked Western culture in general and its American brand in particular for an assortment of perceived sins. Minority groups have alleged America was singularly racist. Radical … Continue reading

Fraud Suspect Was Deported 8 Times

Fraud suspect was deported 8 times By DON PEAT The Toronto Sun March 11, 2008 The Nigerian man arrested after Toronto Police uncovered a multi-million fraud scheme has been kicked out of the country eight times since his failed refugee … Continue reading

Spanish PM To Defy Immigration Backlash

Spanish PM to defy immigration backlash The Australian Correspondents in Madrid March 08, 2008 THE Spanish Prime Minister is set to clinch re-election tomorrow by a narrow margin, according to the results of a poll commissioned by Britain's The Times … Continue reading

The Great Medical Staff Swap

The great medical staff swap New Zealand Herald 5:00AM Saturday March 08, 2008 New Zealand now has the highest proportion of foreign-trained doctors in the developed world and the fourth-highest share of foreign-trained nurses. A new report by the Organisation … Continue reading

French Study Reviewer Quits Over ‘Out Of Control’ OQLF

French study reviewer quits over 'out of control' OQLF KEVIN DOUGHERTY The Gazette Published: Friday, March 07 One of the key academics involved in the controversial study of the state of French in Quebec said yesterday he is quitting because … Continue reading

The Contradiction That Is Farley Mowat

The contradiction that is Farley Mowatt By Tim Murray Canada Free Press Tuesday, March 4, 2008 On Friday September 7, 2007, the venerable Canadian environmental author Farley Mowat made a boldly generous but stunningly futile gesture. He donated 200 acres … Continue reading

Germany Blacklists Greece Over Immigration

Germany blacklists Greece over immigration Germany could be the next country after Norway to suspend the return of asylum-seekers to Greece; concern expressed over the violation of immigrants' rights in Greece. Kathy Tzilivakis SPERO Friday, March 07, 2008 After Norway, … Continue reading

Action Urged On Sex Trafficking Visa Abuse

Action urged on sex trafficking visa abuse By Paula Kruger ABC News Posted Fri Mar 7, 2008 6:23pm AEDT Anti-slavery groups say the Federal Government must do more to stop sex trafficking syndicates from abusing Australia's temporary work visas. Australian … Continue reading

Korean Prostitutes Freed In Sydney

Korean Prostitutes Freed in Sydney By Park Si-soo Staff Reporter The Korea Times 03-07-2008 17:32 Australian police said Friday that it rescued 10 Korean women who were forced to work at a Sydney brothel by a sex slavery syndicate that … Continue reading

Turn Off Immigration Tap Before It’s Too Late

Turn off immigration tap before it's too late The Peterborough Examiner March 6, 2008 (The following is the text of the letter from Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board trustee Gordon Gilchrist which led to his recent censure by the … Continue reading

Broken Hearts And Financial Ruin

Broken hearts and financial ruin Thu, March 06 2008 By Lucy-Claire Saunders The South Asia Post Its been the fight of her life but Shajila Singh finally did it. After years of protesting, pleading, and praying she has rid herself … Continue reading

Dutch Fear Terrorism Ahead Of New Koran Film

Dutch fear terrorism ahead of new Koran film Thu Mar 6, 2008 11:50pm EST By Emma Thomasson AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands is to raise its national risk level of a terrorist attack to “substantial,” partly due to a new … Continue reading

Obligatory Sex Ed For Immigrant Girls

Obligatory Sex Ed for Immigrant Girls Jan Bjrklund and Nyamko Sabuni Radio Sweden News March 6, 2008 A new proposal from the Swedish government wants to make it compulsory for girls from an immigrant background to take part in sex … Continue reading

Is There Really An IT Labour Shortage?

Is There Really an IT Labor Shortage? By Ericka Chickowski BASELINE MAGAZINE 2008-03-05 Is There Really an IT Labor Shortage? (Despite what you've been told about the IT skills shortage, there's a multitude of evidence that suggests that line of … Continue reading

Emigration To Australia Has Doubled In Past Decade

Emigration to Australia has doubled in the past decade By Emily Dugan Independent.co.uk Web Wednesday, 5 March 2008 The number of Britons emigrating to Australia more than doubled in the past decade, government figures show. Enticed by the country's natural … Continue reading

"Illegals" Sneaking Through Calais Fences

'Illegals' Sneaking Through Calais Fences Illegal immigrants are still sneaking into Britain from France because of bad fencing in Calais. Sky News Updated:11:28, Wednesday March 05, 2008 Immigrants flock to Calais Hundreds of people have apparently been able to climb … Continue reading

U.S. Contractors Mooted As Skills Shortage Solution

US contractors mooted as skills shortage solution ABC Posted March 5, 2008 08:13:00 The Housing Industry Association says the Federal Government needs to adopt Queensland Government sponsorship programs to fix the skills shortage. Spokesman John Futer says Government should target … Continue reading

Singh Supporters Granted Extra Week For Appeal

Singh supporters granted extra week for appeal CATHRYN ATKINSON Special to The Globe and Mail March 4, 2008 Supporters of paralyzed refugee claimant Laibar Singh say they have been granted an extra week to launch a last-minute appeal to immigration … Continue reading

Spain Cools To Its Wave Of Immigrants

Spain cools to its wave of immigrants By Victoria Burnett International Herald Tribune Published: March 4, 2008 MADRID: Until recently, Laurentiu Cuciureanu's story was a happily typical tale of immigrant life in Spain. The 34-year-old Romanian, who shares a tiny … Continue reading