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Britain’s Top Black Police Officer: "We Are Struggling To Cope With Immigrant Crime Wave"

Britain's top black police officer: 'We are struggling to cope with immigrant crime wave' By STEPHEN WRIGHT Daily Mail 27th January 2008 Chief Constable Mike Fuller: Translation services are putting 'pressure' on his resources Britain's highest ranking black policeman has … Continue reading

Small Is Better For Immigrants

Small is better for immigrants Newcomers who settle in towns earn more than big-city peers, StatsCan finds Jan 26, 2008 04:30 AM Nicholas Keung IMMIGRATION/DIVERSITY REPORTER The Toronto Star Contrary to conventional wisdom, immigrants in smaller Canadian cities and rural … Continue reading

Germany’s Merkel Suffers Blow In Key State Election

Germany's Merkel suffers blow in key state election Jan 26, 2008 BERLIN (AFP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives suffered heavy losses in a key state Sunday, in a significant setback for her authority ahead of national elections next year. Merkel's … Continue reading

Thousands Take Citizenship Pledge

Thousands take citizenship pledge ABC News Posted Sat Jan 26, 2008 12:17pm AEDT Updated Sat Jan 26, 2008 12:19pm AEDT Australia Day citizenship ceremonies have seen more 14,000 immigrants from 114 countries take the pledge to become Australian citizens. Bookmark … Continue reading

Fiasco Tarnishes Province

Fiasco tarnishes province By ROGER TAYLOR Business Reporter The Chronicle Herald Fri. Jan 25 – 6:37 AM POLITICIANS and bureaucrats who were in charge of Nova Scotias notorious immigrant mentorship program forgot about an important facet in the whole fiasco: … Continue reading

Foreign Worker Programme Under Fire—Ottawa Wants To Speed Up Employer Applications

Foreign worker plan under fire Ottawa wants to speed up employer applications By Monte Stewart Business Edge Published: 01/25/2008 – Vol. 8, No. 2 Labour groups are denouncing Ottawa's decision to expand a temporary foreign worker program in B.C. and … Continue reading

Merkel Faces Humiliation In Regional Election

Merkel faces humiliation in regional election By Tony Paterson in Berlin The Independent Friday, 25 January 2008 Angela Merkel managed to avoid saying “foreign criminal” as she addressed supporters and a screaming mob of anti-conservative protesters outside Frankfurt's opera house … Continue reading

Quebec Charged With Hiding Stats About Decline Of French In Montreal

Quebec charged with hiding stats about decline of French in Montreal Canadian Press January 24, 2008 MONTREAL – The mug's game of judging language trends in Montreal became even dicier Thursday as the Quebec government was hit with accusations it … Continue reading

Holy Man Faces Boot—Priest Denied Landed Status

Holy Man Faces Boot—Priest Denied Landed Status Tom Godfrey Toronto Sun January 24, 2008 Members of the GTA Sikh community are rallying to save their lead priest from being sent home to India after eight years as their main spiritual … Continue reading

North Koreans Rally In Hopes Of Asylum

North Koreans rally in hopes of asylum; The refugees, many going undisguised, seek political protection under the U.S. Human Rights Act of 2004. K. Connie Kang Times Staff Writer Los Angeles Times January 24, 2008 Thursday Singing “We Shall Overcome” … Continue reading

In A New Tactic, Border Patrol Targets Immigrant-Smuggling 800 Miles From The Border

In a new tactic, Border Patrol targets immigrant-smuggling 800 miles from the border The Associated Press Published: January 24, 2008 PEARL, Mississippi: Detective Nick McLendon, on stakeout duty along a dark stretch of the eastbound Interstate 20 highway in Mississippi, … Continue reading

Immigration Bill Targets Employers

Immigration bill targets employers Democrats would retain in-state tuition for some children of undocumented parents By Scott Rothschild January 24, 2008 Topeka House Democratic legislators Wednesday unveiled a proposal that they said would reduce illegal immigration by making employers more … Continue reading

Clinton’s Hispanic Edge

Clinton's Hispanic edge By: Gebe Martinez Politico Jan 24, 2008 06:12 AM EST Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez is a strong supporter of Barack Obama, his home-state senator, but theres one aspect of Obamas campaign that he finds maddening: Obamas Latino … Continue reading

GOP Candidates Talk Tough On Learning English, But Also Advertise In Spanish

GOP candidates talk tough on learning English, but also advertise in Spanish Are hopefuls trying to have it both ways? They say it's not a contradiction. By Eunice Moscoso WASHINGTON BUREAU Thursday, January 24, 2008 WASHINGTON Republican presidential candidate Rudy … Continue reading

Migrant Miscount Could Hit Inflation, Says Bank Of England

Migrant miscount could hit inflation, says Bank of England By STEVE DOUGHTY The Daily Mail Last updated at 08:23am on 24th January 2008 Offical estimates of numbers of immigrants from eastern Europe are probably too low, according to the Bank … Continue reading

Police Smash Gang Using Children

Police smash gang using children Rye and Battle Observer January 24, 2008 Police have raided 17 addresses in Slough in an operation aimed at smashing an Eastern European gang that uses children to target victims in London's West End. They … Continue reading

France Adds A Non-European Paris Every Six Years

France Adds a Non-European Paris Every Six Years From the desk of The Brussels Journal Thu, 2008-01-24 16:39 A quote from Grard Pince at his blog, 15 January 2008 [English translation here] [T]he number of immigrants arriving [in France] from … Continue reading

Rise Of Chavez Sends Venezualans To Florida

Rise of Chvez Sends Venezuelans to Florida By KIRK SEMPLE The New York Times Published: January 23, 2008 WESTON, Fla. In December 2002, Ariel Dunaevschi, then the owner of a furniture business in Caracas, Venezuela, was on vacation in New … Continue reading

Vietnam Agrees To The Return Of Deporteees From The U.S.

Vietnam Agrees to the Return of Deportees From the U.S. By JULIA PRESTON The New York Times Published: January 23, 2008 American immigration authorities reached an agreement on Tuesday with Vietnam that clears the way for Vietnamese immigrants under deportation … Continue reading

Chertoff Expects More Border Violence

Chertoff expects more border violence The Homeland Security Department is turning up the heat on criminals, he says, and an agent's death shows why fencing is needed. By Nicole Gaouette Los Angeles Times Staff Writer January 23, 2008 WASHINGTON — … Continue reading