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Universities Back Plan To Curb Student Visa Abuse

Universities back plan to curb student visa abuse Debbie Andalo Wednesday July 26, 2006 EducationGuardian.co.uk Universities have welcomed the inclusion of a new points-based system for international students in the government's proposed overhaul of the immigration service, announced yesterday. Universities … Continue reading

Britain To Double Budget For Removing Illegal Immigrants

Britain to Double Budget for Removing Illegal Immigrants The Bloomberg News July 25 (Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Tony Blair's government is to double its annual budget for removing illegal immigrants to 280 million pounds ($518 million) by 2010 and tighten … Continue reading

Immigration Service To Track All U.K. Visitors

Immigration service to track all UK visitors Matt Weaver and agencies Tuesday July 25, 2006 Guardian Unlimited Everyone travelling to and from Britain will be counted in and out under a new crackdown on immigration, the home secretary, John Reid, … Continue reading

One In Ten Spanish Residents Is A Foreigner

One in 10 Spanish residents is a foreigner Expatica News 25 July 2006 MADRID Almost one in 10 people living in Spain is a foreigner, according to the latest figures from the National Statistics Institute (INE). On 1 January, there … Continue reading

Population or Immigration: Costello Issues Warning

Population or immigration: Costello issues warning Misha Schubert, Canberra July 25, 2006 PETER Costello has warned Australians to breed more or run the risk of a population transformed by immigration. Raising the spectre of the social disruption and violence of … Continue reading

Till Fraud Do Us Part

July 24, 2006 Till fraud do us part Increasing numbers of Canadians are falling victim to foreigners who marry them just to gain entry to the country CAMERON AINSWORTH-VINCZE Navdeep Dhillon left her Abbotsford, B.C., home in April 2004 along … Continue reading

Italy Opens Up Labour Market To Eastern Europeans

Italy opens up labour market to eastern Europeans The E.U. Observer 24.07.2006 – 09:49 CET | By Honor Mahony Italy has lifted the barriers to workers from central and eastern European member states bringing the total number of EU states … Continue reading

Immigration Controls Inadequate

Last Updated: Sunday, 23 July 2006, 06:21 GMT 07:21 UK Immigration controls 'inadequate' Immigration service: Complete overhaul already begun BBC News The UK's immigration enforcement measures are “clearly inadequate” and need overhauling to take into account a completely changed landscape, … Continue reading

Immigration Change Urged

Immigration change urged By Ian Wilson The Calgary Sun (Canada), July 21, 2006 http://calsun.canoe.ca/Business/2006/07/21/1695664-sun.html Major changes to the immigration system are needed to help the country deal with labour shortages, says the Canadian Construction Association in an open letter to … Continue reading

UK Migration ‘Now At Its Highest’

UK migration 'now at its highest' BBC News, July 21, 2006 Eastern Europeans: Huge demand from employers The UK is experiencing the biggest immigration wave in its history thanks to the arrival of eastern European workers, says an expert. A … Continue reading

Verdonk Plans To Block Former Illegals

Verdonk plans to block former illegals Expatica News 21 July 2006 AMSTERDAM Minister of Integration Rita Verdonk told Dutch national daily Trouw on Friday that she is looking into ways to make it difficult for people who have been picked … Continue reading

Why Dual Citizenship Doesn’t Mean The Best Of Both Worlds

Why dual citizenship doesn't mean the best of both worlds People who call more than one country home can find themselves facing a host of problems that Canada can't solve, writes Don Butler. Don Butler, The Ottawa Citizen Published: Thursday, … Continue reading

World’s Best Insurance Policy

POSTED AT 1:21 AM EDT ON 20/07/06 World's best insurance policy MARGARET WENTE From Thursday's Globe and Mail The scenes are harrowing. Thousands of people have besieged the dockside in Beirut, waiting for ships to ferry them to safety. One … Continue reading

In Neutral Switzerland, A Rising Radicalism

In Neutral Switzerland, A Rising Radicalism Islamic Extremists Newly Seen as Threat By Craig Whitlock Washington Post Foreign Service Thursday, July 20, 2006; Page A14 BERN, Switzerland — For centuries, this Alpine nation has successfully relied on a strict policy … Continue reading

No Way Out

No way out: Canada can do only so much for its citizens who get caught unexpectedly in war zones The Ottawa Citizen Wednesday, July 19, 2006 Page: A11 Section: News Page Name: Arguments Byline: Martin Collacott Source: Citizen Special Israel's … Continue reading

Sham Weddings Immigration Scam Probed

Belfast Telegraph Northwest Edition Sham weddings immigration scam probed By Sarah Brett 19 July 2006 Detectives investigating reports of human trafficking in the North West are appealing for people who have been approached to take part in a sham wedding … Continue reading

Reid Reveals Home Office Shake-up

Reid reveals Home Office shake-up BBC News, July 19, 2006 Mr Reid has admitted his “head is on the block” over the reforms Home Secretary John Reid says he is reshuffling more than a quarter of his top team of … Continue reading

EU Announces Immigration Rapid-Reaction Team

London Times Online July 19, 2006 EU announces immigration rapid-reaction team By Anthony Browne, Brussels Correspondent Brussels announced plans today for multinational rapid-reaction teams to respond to serious breaches of European Union borders by illegal immigrants. The teams, to be … Continue reading

Ireland’s Population Rises To Modern High

Ireland's Population Rises to Modern High By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: July 19, 2006 Filed at 10:32 p.m. ET DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) — Ireland's population has surged this year to a modern high of more than 4.2 million people largely … Continue reading

Poor G8 Summit Seeks Own Solutions

Poor G8 summit seeks own solutions By Will Ross BBC, Gao, north-east Mali If the organisers wanted to ensure the event in West Africa bore no similarity whatsoever to the G8 summit, I think they succeeded. There may have been … Continue reading