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Food Aid For Migrants As Dream Move Sours

Food aid for migrants as dream move sours By Breda Heffernan Independent.ie Monday January 07 2008 Hundreds of immigrants are turning to a charity for help each week after their dream move turned sour. In one day centre alone almost … Continue reading

Bishop Warns Of No-Go Zones For Non-Muslims

Bishop warns of no-go zones for non-Muslims By Jonathan Wynne-Jones and Robyn Powell The Telegraph Last Updated: 4:29pm GMT 06/01/2008 Islamic extremists have created “no-go” areas across Britain where it is too dangerous for non-Muslims to enter, one of the … Continue reading

Travel Document Class-Action Suit Jumps First Hurdle

Travel document class-action suit jumps first hurdle Cost to the government could be more than $700 million in refunded fees Ian Mulgrew Vancouver Sun Saturday, January 05, 2008 A Coquitlam couple has won the first round in a $700-million-plus legal … Continue reading

New Arrivals Powering Britain’s Baby Boom

New arrivals powering Britain's baby boom Andy Imlach Special to The Regina Leader-Post Published: Saturday, January 05, 2008 Britain is in the midst of a population boom that may be solving one pressing social and economic problem, but is creating … Continue reading

Bogus Asylum Seekers Escaping Deportation

Bogus asylum seekers escaping deportation By Tom Brady Security Editor Independent.ie Saturday January 05 2008 Almost four out of every five deportation orders for bogus asylum seekers over the past two years have not been enforced. The orders were signed … Continue reading

January 3, 200*: Strike Could Ground Qantas—Airline Warned On Foreign ‘Scab’ Workers

Strike Could Ground Qantas Cath Hart The Australian January 03, 2008 QANTAS has ruled out importing temporary skilled workers on 457 visas to break the effect of a looming holiday season strike by 1700 Qantas maintenance workers. The national carrier's … Continue reading

Court Gives Go Ahead For Immigration Class-Action Lawsuit

Court gives go ahead for immigration class-action lawsuit Richard Foot, CanWest News Service Published: Friday, January 04, 2008 The Federal Court of Canada has given the green light to a national, class-action lawsuit alleging that the Department of Citizenship and … Continue reading

Industry Shake-Up ‘Could Push Out UK Workers’

Industry shake-up 'could push out UK workers' By Christopher Hope, Home Affairs Correspondent The Telegraph Last Updated: 2:23am GMT 04/01/2008 Thousands of British lawyers and accountants could lose out in the job market to rivals from developing countries under plans … Continue reading

Homes Go To Asylum Families

Homes go to asylum families Peter Young Evening Chronicle Jan 4 2008 UP to 139 asylum seeker families will be allocated tenancies of the council houses they are already occupying in Newcastle if they are allowed to stay in the … Continue reading

Asylum Applications Fall To Lowest Level In 10 Years

Asylum applications fall to lowest level in 10 years Independent.ie Friday January 04 2008 Asylum applications have dropped to their lowest level in 10 years, according to new figures from the Department of Justice. The department says less than 4,000 … Continue reading

Lenihan Blames Barristers For Delays In Asylum Appeals

Lenihan blames barristers for delays in asylum appeals Ruadhan MacCormaic Migration Correspondent The Irish Times January 4, 2008 Minister of State for Integration Conor Lenihan has blamed cases taken by a “voracious group of barristers” for the “grief and difficulty” … Continue reading

Dutch University Rejects Iranian Students For Nuclear Concerns

Dutch university rejects Iranian students for nuclear concerns www.chinaview.cn 2008-01-04 04:45:41 Special Report: Iran Nuclear Crisis BRUSSELS, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) — A Dutch university will no longer enroll students from Iran because the Dutch government is concerned Iranians could gain … Continue reading

102-Year-Old Heads For New Zealand

102-Year-Old Heads For New Zealand Reuters January 4, 2008 LONDON (Reuters) – A 102-year-old will become Britain's oldest emigrant this weekend when he leaves to start a new life with his wife in New Zealand. Eric and Doris King-Turner, 87, … Continue reading

Public Forums On Illegal Immigration In The Works In Virginia Beach

Public forums on illegal immigration in the works in Virginia Beach By Susan White The Virginian-Pilot January 3, 2008 VIRGINIA BEACH A series of community forums on immigration issues will likely be held this spring in Virginia Beach. Fay Silverman, … Continue reading

Brazilians Leave Florida For Home

Brazilians leave Florida for home Brazilians are returning to their homeland in record numbers after years of waiting and hoping to get their U.S. status legalized. BY JUAN CARLOS CHAVEZ El Nuevo Herald Posted on Thu, Jan. 03, 2008 Thousands … Continue reading

Quinceanera Ritual Divides Catholics

Quinceanera Ritual Divides Catholics Posted at: 01/03/2008 12:04:58 PM By ERIC GORSKI (AP) DENVER – On the day she is to become a woman, Monica Reyes sits in front of the church for Mass. Her white dress _ sewn in … Continue reading

Lawmakers: Immigration Is One Of The Top Issues This Year

Lawmakers: Immigration is one of the top issues this year By SEANNA ADCOX Associated Press Writer Jan 3, 6:05 PM EST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Legislators said Thursday that immigration reform will be one of their top priorities in the … Continue reading

Spanish-Language Papers Sending Reporters On Campaign Trail

Spanish-Language Papers Sending Reporters On Campaign Trail By Mark Fitzgerald Editor & Publisher Published: January 03, 2008 3:40 PM ET CHICAGO At 6:30 local time Thursday, when Iowa voters start ambling across living rooms and school gyms to line up … Continue reading

Sanctions Law Debuts Quietly; Long-Term Impact Uncertain

Sanctions law debuts quietly; long-term impact uncertain Ronald J. Hansen The Arizona Republic Jan. 3, 2008 12:00 AM Two days into the new year, prosecutors and law-enforcement officials around the state said the public has largely greeted the employer-sanctions law … Continue reading

U.S. Dollar Decline Impacts Immigrant Remittances

US Dollar Decline Impacts Immigrant Remittances By Nathan King Voice Of America New York 03 January 2008 The value of the U.S. dollar has dropped about 20 percent against a basket of major currencies in the last five years. This … Continue reading