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Gang Jailed For Luxury People-Smuggling Racket

Gang jailed for luxury people-smuggling racket Jeevan Vasagar Tuesday December 19, 2006 The Guardian While less fortunate migrants huddled in the backs of lorries, a gang of “club class” people smugglers used a light plane to ferry members of a … Continue reading

New Watchdog To Monitor Troubled Immigration and Asylum Service

New watchdog to monitor troubled immigration and asylum service Move is attempt to restore public confidence Body will not have power to look at individual cases Alan Travis, Paul Lewis, Tania Branigan Tuesday December 19, 2006 The Guardian An independent … Continue reading

Aussie Exodus Is Brain Gain: Costello

December 19, 2006 – 11:49AM The exodus of one million Australians seeking work overseas is not a national brain drain but a brain gain, says federal Treasurer Peter Costello. Launching the inaugural Advance 100 Leading Global Australians Summit in Sydney, … Continue reading

Canada Begins Pilot Off-Campus Work Programme For Private Schools

Canada begins pilot off-campus work program for private schools 18 December 2006 WorkPermit.com Late last week, Canada's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Monte Solberg announced that the new government will begin discussions with interested provinces and territories to begin a … Continue reading

Tech Industry Has Ulterior Motive Regarding H1B Visas

Tech Industry Has Ulterior Motive Regarding H-1B Visas Human Events by Phyllis Schlafly Posted Dec 18, 2006 The technology industry has dispatched its fat-wallet lobbyists to demand that the new Congress vastly increase the number of foreign computer software techies … Continue reading

Crossing The ID Border

Commentary:The Monitor's View from the December 18, 2006 edition The Christian Science Monitor Crossing the ID border The Monitor's View Americans learned last week they can no longer look the other way when someone else hires an illegal worker. A … Continue reading

Have Your Passport Ready, U.S. Will Not Accept Anything Else For Entry

Have your passport ready, U.S. will not accept anything else for entry By Ken Kaye and Ruth Morris South Florida Sun-Sentinel Posted December 18 2006 Don't leave home — and fly to Cancun — without it. If you're a U.S. … Continue reading

Britain Probes Corruption Allegations

Britain Probes Corruption Allegations By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: December 18, 2006 Filed at 2:45 p.m. ET LONDON (AP) — British authorities were investigating claims Monday that a member of Uganda's governing party secured a job in the British immigration … Continue reading

Kids Also Caught Entering Illegally

Kids also caught entering illegally Hundreds languish in shelters By Lourdes Medrano Arizona Daily Star Tucson, Arizona | Published: 12.17.2006 PHOENIX In House No. 7, teen Diego Moncayo sat pensively in a sunken living room, watching his 18 young roommates … Continue reading

Democrats Divided On Immigration Law Reform

Democrats divided on immigration law reform Web Posted: 12/17/2006 11:30 PM CST My San Antonio News Hernn Rozemberg Express-News Immigration Writer Claire McCaskill wants the government to ramp up security by building a new border fence, avoid giving undocumented immigrants … Continue reading

What I Meant By ‘Third World’ Miami

What I Meant by 'Third World' Miami by Rep. Tom Tancredo Posted Dec 14, 2006 The following remarks were prepared by Rep. Tom Tancredo for a speech at the Miami Rotary Club that he was forced to cancel because of … Continue reading

100 Million Pounds Translation Bill For Migrants Who Can’t Or Won’t Speak English

100m translation bill for migrants who can't or won't speak English By Amy Iggulden Last Updated: 4:04am GMT 14/12/2006 The Telegraph Public spending on interpreters and translation for immigrants is to be reviewed after figures revealed the yearly bill is … Continue reading

Cabinet Stays In Place, Ends Expulsion of Asylum Seekers

Cabinet stays in place, ends expulsion of asylum seekers 14 December 2006 (second update) AMSTERDAM–The caretaker Cabinet will remain in place and end the expulsion of long-term asylum seekers, Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said shortly after midnight on Thursday. … Continue reading

(Nova Scotia) Tories Trying To Attract New Class Of Immigrant

Tories trying to attract new class of immigrant By MICHAEL LIGHTSTONE Business Reporter Halifax Chronicle Herald The MacDonald government Tuesday unveiled a new classification of immigrant in the hopes of attracting skilled labour to Nova Scotia and keeping foreign workers … Continue reading

Australian Sun Lures In The Brits

Last Updated: Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 10:21 GMT BBC News Australian sun lures in the Brits Brits Abroad By Nick Bryant BBC Sydney correspondent Christmas at the beach. How very, un-British With at least 1.3 million resident Britons, Australia is … Continue reading

MP’s Pass No Confidence Motion Against Verdonk (The Netherlands)

MPs pass no confidence motion against Verdonk (The Netherlands) 13 December 2006 (second update) AMSTERDAM The Cabinet will discuss on Wednesday the motion of no confidence passed against Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk in the Dutch Parliament overnight. It is not … Continue reading

Le Pen Plays The Race Card Again. (France)

Le Pen plays the race card again. This time he hopes it will soften his image By Henry Samuel in Paris The Telegraph Last Updated: 2:35am GMT 13/12/2006 France's far-Right National Front party has launched a poster campaign featuring a … Continue reading

Aspiring Citizens Should Know About Gallipoli: Robb (Australia)

Aspiring citizens should know about Gallipoli: Robb Jewel Topsfield and Michelle Grattan December 13, 2006 The Age (Melbourne) ASPIRING Australian citizens would not be required to know Don Bradman's batting average to pass the Government's citizenship test, according to the … Continue reading

Massive Overhaul Of Immigration Has Been No Easy Task

Massive overhaul of immigration has been no easy task for Cunliffe (New Zealand) by Iain Gillies Tuesday, 12 December, 2006 New Zealand Herald Developing new policy in an area as contentious as immigration has been a tough ask for Immigration … Continue reading

New Zealand Irked By Indian Men Demanding Dowry

New Zealand irked by Indian men demanding dowry 12 Dec, 2006 2352hrs IST WELLINGTON: The New Zealand government is considering making dowry illegal after the increasing trend of New Zealand born Indian men, or those with residency, travelling to India … Continue reading