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25% of UK Babies Have A Foreign Parent

25% of UK babies have a foreign parent David Batty and agencies Wednesday August 22, 2007 Guardian Unlimited A quarter of babies born in the UK now have a foreign mother or father, official figures revealed today. The proportion of … Continue reading

Merkel To Tackle Skills Shortage In Einstein’s Home (Germany)

Merkel to Tackle Skills Shortage in Einstein's Home By Andreas Cremer Bloomberg News Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a physicist by training, convenes a special Cabinet meeting tomorrow to tackle a growing skills shortage in the country … Continue reading

Malta, Libya In Immigration Talks

Malta, Libya in immigration talks AFP Published:Aug 22, 2007 VALLETTA – Malta and Libya have begun two days of talks in Tripoli on how to deal with the hundreds of boat people who issue distress calls between their shores each … Continue reading

Number Of Boat Refugees In Spain Rises Slightly

Number of boat refugees in Spain rises slightly Monsters & Critics News Aug 22, 2007, 12:07 GMT Madrid – The influx of African refugees on Spain's coasts has increased slightly, the daily El Pais reported Wednesday. Since the past weekend … Continue reading

Drastic Changes To Assimilation Courses (The Netherlands)

Drastic changes to assimilation courses Expatica News 22 August 2007 AMSTERDAM Integration Minister Ella Vogelaar wants to bring about drastic changes to the assimilation policy as implemented by former minister Rita Verdonk. Her draft proposal that forms part of the … Continue reading

Haneef Could Be Ready For Work Next Month

Haneef could be ready for work next month News.com.au Article from: AAP August 22, 2007 01:20pm FORMER terror suspect Dr Mohamed Haneef could be re-registered to work in Queensland as early as next month, state Health Minister Stephen Robertson said … Continue reading

East European Immigration Slows

East European immigration slows BBC News Last Updated: Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 11:28 GMT 12:28 UK The number of Eastern European workers registering in the UK has dropped for the second quarter in a row. Official figures show 50,000, mostly … Continue reading

Attack On Indians Fuels Debate On Extremism In Germany

Attack on Indians fuels debate on extremism in Germany Expatica News 21 August 2007 Berlin (dpa) – A vicious attack that injured eight Indians is fueling a debate over increasing violence by right-wing extremists in the eastern part of Germany. … Continue reading

Liberal States Engaging In Anarchy For Illegals

Liberal States Engaging in Anarchy For Illegals By Sher Zieve MichNews.com Aug 20, 2007 Showing once again that the will of the American people and the laws of the United States of America mean less than nothing to them, liberals … Continue reading

Looking For (Illegal) Immigrants? Follow The Cash.

Looking For (Illegal) Immigrants? Follow The Cash. National Data, By Edwin S. Rubenstein VDARE August 20, 2007 Most Americans carry less cash and make greater use of debit and credit cards today than a decade ago. Electronic transactions are faster, … Continue reading

Visa Rule Changes Put Care Homes On Alert

Visa rule changes put care homes on alert Philippine embassy says policy will hit its citizens MP warns of mass exodus of overseas workers Tania Branigan, political correspondent Monday August 20, 2007 The Guardian Elderly people could be left without … Continue reading

10 Million Pounds Of Diana Fund To Help Asylum Seekers

10m of Diana fund to help asylum seekers By Caroline Davies The Telegraph Last Updated: 4:02am BST 20/08/2007 The Diana Memorial Fund is marking the 10th anniversary of the Princess's death by earmarking up to 10 million of its remaining … Continue reading

Australia Looks To Tempt UK Nurses

Australia looks to tempt UK nurses Nursing In Practice Monday 20th August 2007 The Australian government has launched a charm offensive designed to get British nurses to pursue their careers down under. Current gaps in the labour market have forced … Continue reading

New Zealand Immigration Declined To 8970 In July

New Zealand Annual Immigration Declined to 8,970 in July By Tracy Withers Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) — New Zealand's annual immigration growth fell to a 17-month low in July, suggesting demand for houses and consumer goods may cool. The number of … Continue reading

Australia Shuts Immigration Camp

Australia shuts immigration camp By Phil Mercer BBC News, Sydney Last Updated: Monday, 20 August 2007, 11:08 GMT Australia has closed a controversial immigration detention centre that has seen violent demonstrations and suicide attempts by asylum seekers. The government said … Continue reading

Trio Protest On Detention Centre Roof

Trio protest on detention centre roof The Age (Melbourne) August 20, 2007 Three Villawood detainees awaiting deportation were this morning refusing to come off the roof of the Sydney immigration detention facility where they had spent, demanding reinstatement of their … Continue reading

Mark Steyn: Speaking Of Sanctuary, Where’s Ours?

Mark Steyn: Speaking of sanctuary, where's ours? MARK STEYN Syndicated columnist Orange County Register Sunday, August 19, 2007 At the funeral of Iofemi Hightower, her classmate Mecca Ali wore a T-shirt with the slogan: “Tell Me Why They Had To … Continue reading

Ireland Learns To Adapt To A Population Growth Spurt

Ireland learns to adapt to a population growth spurt By Eamon Quinn (NYT) The International Heral Tribune Published: August 18, 2007 DUBLIN: Inside a north Dublin warehouse, 15,000 cardboard boxes containing the documents of Ireland's most recent census rise on … Continue reading

Immigration At Top Of Voters’ Concerns (Denmark)

Immigration at top of voter concerns The Copenhagen Post 17.08.2007 A new poll shows that immigration and care services are the most important issues amongst voters Immigration is by far the nations most important issue to voters, according to a … Continue reading

Baxter Immigration Detention Centre To Close

Baxter immigration detention centre to close August 17, 2007 04:49pm News.com.au Article from: AAP SOUTH Australia's Baxter Detention Centre, which has only 12 inmates left, will be closed in a move refugee advocates say is no cause for celebration. The … Continue reading