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Watch On HIV Migrants

Watch on HIV migrants Annabel Stafford, Canberra May 31, 2007 HIV-POSITIVE migrants will have to report to health authorities within a month of arriving in Australia or risk having their visas cancelled, the immigration and health ministers have advised Prime … Continue reading

Migrants Shut Out Of Rich Sydney Suburbs

Migrants shut out of rich Sydney suburbs The Age (Melbourne) May 29, 2007 – 1:40PM Sydney's poorer western suburbs are absorbing far more refugees and humanitarian migrants than the city's wealthier locales, figures show. Statistics provided by Immigration Minister Kevin … Continue reading

Citizenship Applicants Need 60% To Pass

Citizenship applicants need 60% to pass The Age (Melbourne) May 29, 2007 – 8:44PM Applicants for Australian citizenship would need to score at least 60 per cent to pass an exam under legislation being introduced in federal parliament on Wednesday. … Continue reading

No Problem With Nauru Contracts

No problem with Nauru contracts: Burke The Age (Melbourne) May 29, 2007 – 7:29AM Federal Labor has refused to criticise the NSW government for profiting from the provision of health and building services to asylum seekers held on Nauru. Despite … Continue reading

1000 Men Living Legally With Multiple Wives Despite Fears Over Exploitation

1,000 men living legally with multiple wives despite fears over exploitation Dominic Kennedy From The Times May 28, 2007 Polygamous marriage is flourishing as the Government admits for the first time that nearly a thousand men are living legally with … Continue reading

Tories Would Raise Foreign Spouse Age Limit

Tories would raise foreign spouse age limit By Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor The Telegraph Last Updated: 12:32am BST 27/05/2007 The Tories would raise the age for non-EU foreign brides and grooms coming to the UK from 18 to 21, … Continue reading

Oil Tycoon Plans Charity To Help Immigrants To Assimilate

Oil tycoon plans charity to help immigrants to assimilate Sylvia Pfeifer, Sunday Telegraph Last Updated: 11:54pm BST 26/05/2007 The billionaire head of London's largest independent oil and gas company, Addax Petroleum, which listed on the stock exchange last week, has … Continue reading

Nauru Seven Aim For High Court

Nauru seven aim for High Court Jewel Topsfield The Age (Melbourne) May 26, 2007 SEVEN Burmese asylum seekers detained in Nauru are taking the Australian Government to the High Court, saying its refusal to consider their applications for refugee visas … Continue reading

Rush For Citizenship To Beat Tougher Test

Rush for citizenship to beat tougher test Simon Mann The Age (Melbourne) May 26, 2007 PLANS for a tougher citizenship test have prompted a surge in applications from people trying to beat its introduction, likely to be in September. Citizenship … Continue reading

Immigration Bill Is Worse Than You Think.

Immigration Bill Is Worse Than You Think by Sen. Jeff Sessions Republican, Alabama Posted: 05/25/2006 Editors Note: Sen. Jeff Sessions (R.-Ala.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, offered a devastating analysis on the Senate immigration bill in a speech … Continue reading

Hanson Launches New Party

Hanson Launches New Party Daily Telegraph (Surry, Australia) May 25, 2007 ONE Nation founder Pauline Hanson has put her name to a new party which she hopes will help her win a Senate spot at the next election. More than … Continue reading

Blow To Reid Over Ban On "Sham Marriages"

Blow to Reid over ban on sham marriages Richard Ford, Home Correspondent From The Times May 24, 2007 John Reid failed yesterday in his attempt to overturn a ruling that Home Office regulations to curb sham marriages were in breach … Continue reading

Bribery Charges Sought "Against NZ MP"

Bribery charges sought 'against NZ MP' May 24, 2007 – 3:34PM The Age (Melbourne) New Zealand police are seeking bribery charges against a serving MP, amid claims he took money from constituents and helped immigration overstayers in return for cheap … Continue reading

New Immigration Law? Enforce Old Ones First.

New immigration law? Enforce old ones first By MARK KRIKORIAN Center For Immigration Studies Wednesday, May 23rd 2007, 8:14 AM Ted Kennedy, Jon Kyl and other senators are pitching their new immigration bill as essential to regaining control of our … Continue reading

Comprehensively Bad Faux Immigration Reform

Comprehensively Bad Faux immigration reform. By John Fonte The Hudson Institute May 23, 2007 6:45 AM Deputy White House chief of staff, Joel Kaplan, a key negotiator in the Senate immigration bill, told the Washington Post that there are things … Continue reading

Rules In Sham Marriage "Unlawful"

Rules on sham marriage 'unlawful' By Dominic Casciani BBC News home affairs Last Updated: Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 15:43 GMT 16:43 UK[] Controversial immigration rules aimed at stopping sham marriages are unlawful, says the Court of Appeal. Judges said the … Continue reading

Blair’s Asylum Pledge Broken As Removals Drop

Blair's asylum pledge broken as removals drop By Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor The Telegraph Last Updated: 1:30am BST 23/05/2007 The number of failed asylum seekers removed from the country has fallen by a third in a year, according to … Continue reading

Council Housing, Migration, And Insecurity

Council housing, migration, and insecurity Patrick Wintour, political editor Tuesday May 22, 2007 The Guardian Jon Cruddas, the one-time dark horse candidate for the Labour deputy leadership, launches his campaign today with the claim that far from offering a leftwing … Continue reading

Shelter Responds To Minister’s Immigration Comments

Shelter responds to ministers immigration comments Monday, 21 May 2007 Shelter has responded to comments from a government minister that British families should have priority for social housing over new arrived immigrants, with the exception of refugees. Industry Minister Margaret … Continue reading

Immigration Department Denies "Assimilating"

Immigration dept denies 'assimilating' The Age (Melbourne) May 21, 2007 – 11:39AM The Department of Immigration and Citizenship says it has not been directed to move towards a policy of “assimilating” migrants into Australian society. Department secretary Andrew Metcalfe said … Continue reading