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Workers From Poor Nations Flood West Australia

Workers from poor nations flood WA 26th September 2006, 8:00 WST The West Australian WA now accepts more skilled migrants from non-Western countries than from Western nations, according to new statistics which provide the first snapshot of Australias booming migration … Continue reading

Holders of Visas Often Picked Over Workers

Holders of visas often picked over U.S. workers Portland Press Herald (Portland, Maine) By MATT WICKENHEISER, Staff Writer Monday, September 25, 2006 Telegram Investigation: Foreign Labor Lisa Perry wanted to leave Washington D.C. and come home to Maine after living … Continue reading

Officials No Longer Ignoring Unofficial Ports

Officials no longer ignoring unofficial ports Long taken for granted, casual crossings close By Brady McCombs Arizona Daily Star Tucson, Arizona | Published: 09.25.2006 Visitors to Big Bend National Park used to look forward to trips across the Rio Grande … Continue reading

Respect Sought For Busy Judges

Posted on Mon, Sep. 25, 2006 IMMIGRATION LAW Respect sought for busy judges Judge Denise Slavin is trying to improve the image of immigration judges as president of their union. BY ALFONSO CHARDY achardy@MiamiHerald.com Denise Slavin is the proud mom … Continue reading

Panic Over Proposed Citizenship Changes (Australia)

Panic over proposed citizenship changes September 25, 2006 – 7:59AM The Age (Melbourne) The Immigration Department has been bombarded with calls after the government proposed changes to Australia's citizenship laws. Canberra released a discussion paper a week ago proposing to … Continue reading

Swiss Asylum, Immigration Laws Ratified

Swiss Asylum, Immigration Laws Ratified By BRADLEY S. KLAPPER The Associated Press Sunday, September 24, 2006; 12:32 PM GENEVA — Swiss voters ratified new asylum and immigration laws Sunday making it more difficult for refugees to receive assistance and effectively … Continue reading

The Lessons I Learned At CBC (Robert Fulford)

The lessons I learned at CBC Robert Fulford National Post Saturday, September 23, 2006 The Guy Fournier affair shocked every student of the CBC's corporate culture, and not just because the words that got him fired were vulgar and thoughtless. … Continue reading

Western Union Transfers To Mexico Being Seized

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/money/article/0,2777,DRMN_23908_5015441,00.html Western Union transfers to Mexico being seized By Bloomberg News September 23, 2006 Western Union Co. said the state of Arizona, trying to track down smugglers of drugs and illegal immigrants, plans to seize most money transfers of $500 … Continue reading

EU Nations Clash Over Immigration

Last Updated: Friday, 22 September 2006, 10:35 GMT 11:35 UK EU nations clash over immigration Africans are making treacherous sea journeys to reach Europe EU ministers have expressed sharp differences over how to deal with an influx of illegal immigrants … Continue reading

Across Latin America, Mandarin Is In The Air (South America)

Across Latin America, Mandarin Is in the Air By Juan Forero Washington Post Foreign Service Friday, September 22, 2006; A01 BOGOTA, Colombia — Elizabeth Zamora is a busy mother and executive. Still, for three hours every Saturday, she slides into … Continue reading

Dual Citizenship Faces Review

Dual citizenship faces review Evacuation from Lebanon hastened rethinking Allan Woods, CanWest News Service Published: Thursday, September 21, 2006 OTTAWA – The federal government plans to revisit the 30-year-old rule allowing Canadians who live abroad to hold dual citizenship, a … Continue reading

Border Jumper Finds It Hard To Melt Into Arctic

Border jumper finds it hard to melt into Arctic Nathan VanderKlippe, CanWest News Service; Edmonton Journal Published: Thursday, September 21, 2006 It must have seemed like the perfect plan for a man desperate to bust into Canada: fly to Greenland, … Continue reading

Rioting In Amsterdam After Fatal Stabbing

Rioting in Amsterdam after fatal stabbing 21 September 2006 Expatica News AMSTERDAM Street disturbances hit the east of Amsterdam on Wednesday evening after a Moroccan man was fatally stabbed. Police said the Moroccan troublemakers suspected a Surinamese person of the … Continue reading

Le Pen Rallies Those ‘French By Heart and Spirit’

Le Pen rallies those 'French by heart and spirit' Expatica News VALMY, France, Sept 20, 2006 (AFP) – Veteran French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen fired an opening salvo in his fifth bid for the presidency in characteristically provocative style … Continue reading

Swedes Concerned Over Rise Of Anti-Immigration Party In Local Elections

Swedes concerned over rise of anti-immigration party in local elections The Associated Press Published: September 20, 2006 STOCKHOLM, Sweden A small anti-immigration party doubled its support in Sweden's elections and won dozens of seats on local councils but failed to … Continue reading

Italian Unemployment Falls To Record On Immigration

Italian Unemployment Falls to Record on Immigration Bloomberg News By Sheyam Ghieth Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) — Italy's unemployment rate fell to the lowest in more than 14 years, a government report showed today. The news isn't as good as it … Continue reading

Finnish Greens Demand Probe Of Immigration Directorate

Finnish Greens demand probe of immigration directorate Newsroom Finland 20.9.2006 at 16:01 Finland's Green League on Wednesday called for an investigation into the procedures of the Directorate of Immigration (UVI) and the appellate courts. The Greens feel there have been … Continue reading

Bad News For American Students, Workers—–Massive H1B Increases Rise From Dead In "Skil Bill"

September 19, 2006 National Data, By Edwin S. Rubenstein Bad news for American students, workers – massive H-1b Increases rise from dead in “SKIL Bill” VDARE The good news: the Senate immigration bill will probably not be acted upon this … Continue reading

Get Tough Policy On Employers Had Limited Effect

Tuesday, September 19, 2006 – Page updated at 12:25 AM Get-tough policy on employers has had limited effect By Alwyn Scott Seattle Times business reporter THOMAS JAMES HURST / THE SEATTLE TIMES Eugene Su, of Tacoma, a U.S. citizen, remembers … Continue reading

Poverty Rates Rise In Many Suburbs

chicagotribune.com >> Nation/World ———————————————————————- Poverty rates rise in many suburbs Census data tie hike to continued influx of poor minorities By Sara Olkon and Darnell Little Tribune staff reporters Published September 18, 2006 Bertha Mares, a mother of four, has … Continue reading