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Endangered Animal Horning In On Arizona Border Security

Endangered Animal Horning In on Arizona Border Security The Fox News, July 14, 2010 []http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/14/endangered-animal-stalling-border-security-efforts-arizona/ If not for an elusive, antelope-like creature in the Arizona desert, the Department of Homeland Security might have a much easier time cracking down on … Continue reading

Study : Hispanics View Racism At Center Of Immigration Debate

Study: Hispanics view racism at center of immigration debate By Ben Smith The Politico (Washington, DC), July 14, 2010 http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0710/Study_Hispanics_view_ racism_at_center_of_immigration_debate.html?showall A 30 percent plurality of Hispanics living in the U.S. view racism at the heart of the immigration reform … Continue reading

Perils Await Foreign Students In Canadian Homes, Study Shows

Perils await foreign students in Canadian homes, study shows Citing high rates of drinking, drug-taking and sexual abuse, researchers call for government oversight of homestay industry Kate Allen Globe and Mail Update Published on Tuesday, Jul. 13, 2010 11:08AM EDT … Continue reading

China’s Latest Export : Home Buyers

China's latest export: home buyers By Steve Ladurantaye The Globe and Mail, Canada, July 13, 2010 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/chinas-latest-export-home-buyers/article1638953/ Half a world away, a handful of Chinese citizens are feverishly planning a Canadian real-estate shopping excursion. A farmer, an engineer, a furniture … Continue reading

Canada Leads G8 In Per Capita Asylum Seekers

Canada leads G8 in per capita asylum-seekers By Peter O'Neil Canwest News Europe Correspondent Canwest News Service July 12, 2010 7:02 AM PARIS—-Canada, during the first year of the economic crisis, was the top target of asylum-seekers among the G8 … Continue reading

Prague Hopes That Canada Will Lift Visas For Czechs Soon

Prague hopes that Canada will lift visas for Czechs soon noviny.cz published: 12.07.2010, 11:15 updated: 12.07.2010 11:19:18 Prague – Czech diplomacy hopes that Canada will lift visas for Czech citizens before its reformed asylum system is in full operation. The … Continue reading

Savvy Sikh Could Reap $40 K From Min-Wage Job

Savvy Sikh could reap $40k windfall from min-wage job Jenny Yuen Toronto Star July 10, 2010 A Home Depot manager discriminated against a Sikh security guard who refused to replace his turban with a hard hat, a human rights tribunal … Continue reading

Home Office To Stop Russian Spy Anna Chapman From Returning To UK

Home Office to stop Russian spy Anna Chapman from returning to UK The Home Office is looking at ways to stop Anna Chapman, the glamorous Russian spy, returning to Britain. By Alex Spilius in Washington, Caroline Gammell and Duncan Gardham … Continue reading

English Language Schools Win Court Battle Over Visas

English language schools win court battle over visas The colleges say 100,000 people would be deterred from coming to the UK By Angela Harrison Education correspondent, BBC News Page last updated at 09:33 GMT, Friday, 9 July 2010 10:33 UK … Continue reading

PM Tries To Unscramble Asylum Message

PM tries to unscramble asylum message By chief political correspondent Lyndal Curtis ABC NEWS Updated Fri Jul 9, 2010 8:51pm AEST Prime Minister Julia Gillard's plan for a regional processing centre for asylum seekers is struggling for traction and credibility. … Continue reading

Government Rules Out Return To Nauru

Government rules out return to Nauru ABC NEWS Updated Fri Jul 9, 2010 10:58am AEST The Federal Government has wasted no time in dismissing Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's suggestion that Julia Gillard “put in a phone call to Nauru” as … Continue reading

Greens Pledge To Increase Refugee Intake

Greens pledge to increase refugee intake By Joanna McCarthy ABC NEWS Updated Fri Jul 9, 2010 2:42pm AEST The Greens have released their election policy on refugees which provides for an increase in the annual refugee intake to 20,000. The … Continue reading

Barnett Keen On Christmas Island

Barnett keen on Christmas Island Paige Taylor From: The Australian July 08, 2010 12:00AM THE federal government wants to wash its hands of Christmas Island, and West Australian Premier Colin Barnett is happy to take it on. And the shire … Continue reading

East Timor ‘Open’ To Australia’s Refugee Centre Plan

E Timor 'open' to Australia's refugee centre plan BBC NEWS Page last updated at 11:13 GMT, Thursday, 8 July 2010 12:13 UK East Timor says it is open to the idea of housing a refugee processing centre – as debate … Continue reading

New Zealand Told Hands Off Asylum Seekers

NZ told hands off asylum seekers NZPA 4:00 AM Thursday Jul 8, 2010 Amnesty International has joined calls for New Zealand to avoid being roped into supporting Australia's overseas asylum-seeker processing centre proposal, and says those at the centre of … Continue reading

Abbott Wants Navy To Decide On Turning Boats Back

Abbott wants Navy to decide on turning boats back ABC NEWS Updated Thu Jul 8, 2010 12:55pm AEST Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says a Coalition government would give Royal Australian Navy commanders the discretion to turn back boats carrying asylum … Continue reading

No Decision Yet On Asylum Seekers In Northam

No decision yet on asylum seekers in Northam ABC NEWS Updated Thu Jul 8, 2010 6:02pm AEST The Immigration Minister, Chris Evans, says the government is working to identify a number of suitable sites to add to facilities already in … Continue reading

For Canadian Immigration, Punjab Woman Marries Father, Son

For Canadian immigration, Punjab woman marries father, son IANS Jul 7, 2010, 12.00pm IST CHANDIGARH: This is one idea that may not have struck even story writers in Bollywood. In her desperate bid to get Canadian immigration, a woman from … Continue reading

Federal Court of Appeal Rules In Favour Of U.S. War Deserter

Federal Court of Appeal rules in favour of U.S. war deserter By Philip Ling Canwest New Service July 7, 2010 8:04 OTTAWA—-The federal government's bid to deport an American war deserter from Canada has been dealt a blow by the … Continue reading

Illegal Immigration Warning At Unmanned Ports

Illegal immigrant warning at unmanned ports Illegal immigrants are slipping in to Britain through sea ports unmanned by immigration officers, the border agency watchdog signalled yesterday. By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor Telegraph.co.uk Published: 7:00AM BST 07 Jul 2010 At … Continue reading