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Consensus Building: Protect U.S. First

Consensus building: Protect U.S. first Newsday.com August 24, 2006 Some good news to report: There's an emerging consensus that the best way to defend America is to defend America. Not everyone, in either party, is on board with that protect-the-homeland … Continue reading

(Communities’ Secretary) Kelly Calls For ‘Honest Debate’ On Multiculturalism

Kelly calls for 'honest debate' on multiculturalism Mark Oliver and agencies Thursday August 24, 2006 Guardian Unlimited The communities secretary, Ruth Kelly, today called for a “new, honest debate” about rooting out extremism and argued it was “not racist” to … Continue reading

EU Immigration Is Not The Problem

EU immigration is not the problem By Andrew Green Chairman of Migration Watch UK The Daily Telegraph, London, 24 August, 2006 In recent days, the press has been bursting with articles about east European immigration – but it is missing … Continue reading

5 Million Immigrants Living In France: Census

5 million immigrants living in France: census Agence France Presse PARIS, Aug 24, 2006 (AFP) – France is Europe's biggest immigrant country, home to nearly five million foreigners, and their numbers have risen markedly in recent years, according to a … Continue reading

Call For Migrant Labour Angers Union (Australia)

Call for migrant labour angers union The Age August 24, 2006 – 4:48PM The forestry union has called on major pulp and paper companies to rule out using migrant labour. The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) is outraged … Continue reading

Give Poachers Well-Paid Australian Jobs: Jakarta

Give poachers well-paid Australian jobs: Jakarta The West Australian 24th August 2006, 8:00 WST Illegal foreign fishermen would be given well-paid jobs on Australian trawlers if a radical Indonesian Government plan is adopted. While the proposal has been roundly dismissed … Continue reading

Vineyard Workers Were Illegal: Vanstone (Australia)

Vineyard workers were illegal: Vanstone The Age August 24, 2006 – 8:00PM Three men have been taken to Baxter detention centre after being found working illegally at South Australian vineyards. Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone said a tip-off had led officials … Continue reading

1,425,000 Migrants In Two Years?

1,425,000 migrants in two years? Analysis By Brian Wheeler Political reporter, BBC News When a senior official told MPs he did not have the “faintest idea” how many illegal immigrants there were in the UK it plunged an already battered … Continue reading

Germany Plans Minimum Wage For Cleaners

Germany plans minimum wage for cleaners Expatica News 23 August 2006 BERLIN – Seeking to cut the number of foreigners flooding into Germany to work as low-cost cleaners, the Berlin government Wednesday approved a minimum wage for all people employed … Continue reading

Short Visa, Lasting Harm

Short visa, lasting harm Bob Kinnaird August 23, 2006 A POLITICAL storm is brewing over new temporary work visas for overseas students and graduates to be introduced from July next year, just before the federal election. In May, Immigration Minister … Continue reading

The Inevitability Of Worker Verification: Panel To Assess Progress Of Immigration-Enforcement Tool

The Inevitability of Worker Verification Panel to Assess Progress of Immigration-Enforcement Tool Center For Immigration Studies August 22, 2006 WASHINGTON (August 2006) One of the few areas of agreement between the competing House and Senate immigration bills is making mandatory … Continue reading

Work Visas Won’t Benefit Islanders: Immigration

Last Update: Tuesday, August 22, 2006. 2:13pm (AEST) Australian Broadcasting Corporation Work visas won't benefit islanders: Immigration Australia's Immigration Department says a special scheme to bring South Pacific workers to Australia will not produce economic benefits for the islands. The … Continue reading

Immigration A National Security Issue

Immigration a national security issue By Rory Leishman The London (Ontario) Free Press The arrests last week of 24 British-born Muslims implicated in an alleged terrorist plot to blow up airliners flying from Britain to the United States has underlined … Continue reading

Public Wants Much Harsher Immigration Policy, Says Poll

The Sunday Times August 20, 2006 Public wants much harsher immigration policy, says poll Ipsos MORI interviewed a representative sample of 975 adults aged 18 and over by telephone on behalf of the Sunday Times between 11 and 13 August … Continue reading

(Trade and Industry Secretary) Darling Pledges Immigration Control

Darling pledges immigration control Press Association Sunday August 20, 2006 4:53 PM Immigration from Romania and Bulgaria will be “properly controlled” when the two countries join the EU next year, Trade and Industry Secretary Alistair Darling said. He insisted there … Continue reading

Cityscape: Illegal, But Tolerated, In A Parallel Existence (France)

Cityscape: Illegal, but tolerated, in a parallel existence By Meg Bortin International Herald Tribune Published: August 20, 2006 PARIS Bearded, wry, Ioan Bojani sits on the steps of the Mtro beneath the sparkling tiled Opra Bastille. With him are a … Continue reading

Rules Relaxed To Bring In Families (New Zealand)

Rules relaxed to bring in families New Zealand Herald 1.30pm Sunday August 20, 2006 Immigration rules are being relaxed to make it easier for people to bring their partners and children into the country. The government has announced it is … Continue reading

Canaries ‘Facing Migrant Crisis’

Canaries 'facing migrant crisis' Migrant centres on the islands are reaching full capacity BBC News, August 18, 2006 Spain's Canary Islands can no longer cope with the soaring number of illegal immigrants arriving from Africa, local leaders say. Regional government … Continue reading

Arrest Warrant Delayed (Due To Failing Health) For Nfld. Woman Facing Deportation

Canadian Press Atlantic Regional News Arrest warrant delayed for N.L. woman facing deportation due to failing health August 17, 2006 MARYSTOWN, N.L. (CP) – An arrest warrant for a Russian-Israeli woman facing deportation has been temporarily put off because of … Continue reading

Cost of Water Shortage: Civil Unrest, Mass Migration And Economic Collapse

Cost of water shortage: civil unrest, mass migration and economic collapse Analysts see widespread conflicts by 2015 but pin hopes on technology and better management John Vidal, environment editor Thursday August 17, 2006 The Guardian (A woman carries buckets to … Continue reading